In a striking shift from his earlier denunciations of Pakistan as a “terrorist haven,” US President Donald Trump hosted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army chief Asim Munir in the Oval Office on Thursday. The meeting, which lasted around 80 minutes, was cloaked in secrecy, with neither side releasing details or issuing statements.
What the public saw instead were photos circulated by the Pakistani government: Sharif and Munir seated regally beside Trump, later posing with him as he flashed his familiar thumbs-up.
The optics marked a sharp reversal for Trump, who had once derided Pakistan as duplicitous and accused it of sheltering Osama bin Laden. Now, by publicly embracing the country’s civilian and military leadership, Trump signalled a transactional rekindling of ties.
Among the images, one stood out. Trump proudly displaying a model of the White House, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio seen laughing alongside the Pakistani leaders. Another detail drew speculation—Trump wore a pin shaped like a fighter jet.
While some Pakistani supporters rushed to interpret it as a nod to Islamabad’s ‘downing’ of Indian jets, reports clarified that he had donned it earlier for his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in connection with American fighter aircraft sales.
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