{"id":77916,"date":"2025-06-18T19:56:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=77916"},"modified":"2025-06-18T19:56:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:56:45","slug":"trump-applauds-pakistan-warns-iran-of-serious-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/trump-applauds-pakistan-warns-iran-of-serious-consequences\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump applauds Pakistan, warns Iran of serious consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: US President <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/modi-denies-us-mediation-in-ceasefire-with-pakistan-during-talks-with-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> made a series of striking remarks during a recent media interaction, simultaneously extending warm words towards Pakistan and issuing a strong warning to Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to media persons on Wednesday, Trump expressed his fondness for Pakistan, declaring, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/trump-claims-us-stopped-nuclear-war-between-pakistan-and-india\/\">I love Pakistan.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He further stated, &#8220;I like Pakistan. Pakistanis are very good people.&#8221; The former president also acknowledged Pakistan\u2019s strategic significance, referring to it as an \u201cimportant nuclear power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In contrast to his praise for Pakistan, Trump adopted a hardline tone on Iran. He warned the Iranian leadership of impending consequences, suggesting that Iran may face heightened challenges if it continues to avoid meaningful negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to make it clear to Iran: tough times lie ahead,&#8221; Trump asserted.<\/p>\n<p>He criticized Iran for what he termed as unnecessary delays in diplomacy, saying, &#8220;Iran wasted a lot of time in talks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump revealed that his administration had given Iran a 60-day window for engagement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now it\u2019s too late,&#8221; he said, implying that Iran had squandered the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>The president cautioned that Iran may face even greater difficulties in the coming days and hinted at a possible military escalation.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also claimed that Israel had effectively dismantled Iran\u2019s defense capabilities, stating, &#8220;We have eliminated Iran\u2019s defensive strength.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Calling for a decisive end to hostilities, he urged, &#8220;Iran must surrender unconditionally.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump made a series of striking remarks during a recent media interaction, simultaneously extending warm words towards Pakistan and issuing a strong warning to Iran. Speaking to media persons on Wednesday, Trump expressed his fondness for Pakistan, declaring, &#8220;I love Pakistan.&#8221; He further stated, &#8220;I like Pakistan. Pakistanis are very good [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":11198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[396,138,121],"class_list":["post-77916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-iran","tag-pakistan","tag-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77917,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77916\/revisions\/77917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}