{"id":309617,"date":"2019-02-20T09:50:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T09:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=309617"},"modified":"2019-02-20T09:50:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T09:50:22","slug":"donald-trump-describes-pulwama-terrorist-attack-as-horrible-situation-urge-india-pak-to-get-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/donald-trump-describes-pulwama-terrorist-attack-as-horrible-situation-urge-india-pak-to-get-along\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump describes Pulwama terrorist attack as &#8216;horrible situation&#8217;; urge India, Pak to &#8220;get along&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/us-suspends-1-66-billion-security-aid-to-pakistan\/file-photo-u-s-president-donald-trump-speaks-during-an-address-from-the-white-house-in-washington-u-s\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-305881\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-305881 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/trump-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/trump-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/trump-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/trump-696x433.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/trump-675x420.jpg 675w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/trump.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/a>US President Donald Trump on Tuesday described as a &#8220;horrible situation&#8221; the\u00a0Pulwama terrorist attack\u00a0by the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) group, in which at least 40 Indian paramilitary personnel were killed, and said he was getting reports on it and would issue a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">State Department Deputy Spokesperson Robert Palladino expressed &#8220;strong support&#8221; for India and asked Pakistan to &#8220;punish anyone responsible&#8221; for the suicide attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The February 14 terror attack has led to escalation of tension between India and Pakistan and talking to reporters at the Oval office, Trump said that it would be &#8216;wonderful&#8217; if the two Asian neighbours got along.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">&#8220;The terrorist attack was a horrible situation. We are getting reports. We will have a statement to put out,&#8221; Trump said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Trump&#8217;s\u00a0National Security Advisor, John Bolton, has supported India&#8217;s right to self-defense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, Bolton, and the White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders in separate statements have asked Pakistan to instantly take action against the JeM and its leaders and end support to terrorist safe haven.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump on Tuesday described as a &#8220;horrible situation&#8221; the\u00a0Pulwama terrorist attack\u00a0by the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) group, in which at least 40 Indian paramilitary personnel were killed, and said he was getting reports on it and would issue a statement. State Department Deputy Spokesperson Robert Palladino expressed &#8220;strong support&#8221; for India and asked Pakistan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":305881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309624,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309617\/revisions\/309624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/305881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}