{"id":11278,"date":"2026-04-17T16:21:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnp.com.pk\/?p=11278"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:21:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:21:32","slug":"trump-signals-possible-visit-to-pakistan-praises-leadership-and-role-in-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/trump-signals-possible-visit-to-pakistan-praises-leadership-and-role-in-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump signals possible visit to Pakistan, praises leadership and role in diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, Friday, April 17, 2026 (WNP): US President Donald Trump has indicated he may visit Pakistan to finalize a potential agreement, while praising the country\u2019s leadership and diplomatic role.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to a question from a reporter about visiting Pakistan to seal a deal, President Trump said he would consider traveling to the country, noting that Islamabad could be the venue if an agreement is concluded.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPakistan has been great. They\u2019ve been so good\u2026 Islamabad\u2014I might go,\u201d he said, adding that he would be open to visiting if the deal is signed there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The US president also commended Pakistan\u2019s leadership, appreciating the role of the country\u2019s military and political leadership in ongoing diplomatic efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to Pakistan\u2019s top military leadership, he said \u201cthe field marshal has been great,\u201d while also describing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as \u201creally great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump further remarked that he had received a positive response from Pakistan regarding a possible visit, saying, \u201cThey want me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The remarks come amid ongoing diplomatic engagements in the region, where Pakistan has been playing an active role in facilitating dialogue and promoting peace efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, Friday, April 17, 2026 (WNP): US President Donald Trump has indicated he may visit Pakistan to finalize a potential agreement, while praising the country\u2019s leadership and diplomatic role. Responding to a question from a reporter about visiting Pakistan to seal a deal, President Trump said he would consider traveling to the country, noting that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,65,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","category-diplomatic-missions","category-foreign-missions","category-usa","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}