The government of Pakistan has released what it says is a summary of a phone call between its prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump—offering a candid look at the commander-in-chief’s unusual style of diplomacy.
The conversation allegedly took place on Monday, and the “readout”—described by Vox as “usually a fairly boring summary of a call between world leaders”—in full is below:
“Obviously, these could just be paraphrases, but the quotes just sound so much like Trump,” Zach Beauchamp wrote for Vox.
“Lavishing praise on the Pakistanis would be a major turnaround for the president-elect,” the Washington Post noted. “In 2012, Trump took to his favorite social media platform, Twitter, to denounce Pakistan.”
“On Jan. 17 of that year,” the Post reported, “he wrote: ‘Get it straight: Pakistan is not our friend. We’ve given them billions and billions of dollars, and what did we get? Betrayal and disrespect—and much worse. #TimeToGetTough’.”
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The readout, which has yet to be corroborated by the Trump team, drew commentary on social media, including from one user who said it was “peak Trumpian”: