Paul on Trump's Pakistan tweet: 'I couldn't agree more'

Kentucky Sen. Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard Paul Lexington mayor launches bid for Congress Trump-free Kennedy Center Honors avoids politics Meet the Iran hawk who could be Trump's next secretary of State MORE (R) praised President TrumpDonald John Trump House Democrat slams Donald Trump Jr. for ‘serious case of amnesia’ after testimony Skier Lindsey Vonn: I don’t want to represent Trump at Olympics Poll: 4 in 10 Republicans think senior Trump advisers had improper dealings with Russia MORE on Monday for his tweet calling for an end to aid to Pakistan, telling Trump he "couldn't agree more" with Trump's assertion that the country shelters terrorists on the run from U.S. forces.

In a tweet Monday afternoon, Paul responded to Trump's first tweet of 2018 in which the president sharply criticized Pakistan's government.

"I couldn’t agree more. I’ve been fighting to end aid to Pakistan for years and will again lead the charge in the Senate. Let’s make this happen @realDonaldTrump," Paul tweeted.

I couldn’t agree more. I’ve been fighting to end aid to Pakistan for years and will again lead the charge in the Senate. Let’s make this happen @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/v4KrOrWOyS https://t.co/JNNChCfVqP
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) January 1, 2018

Paul's tweet comes after the president accused Pakistan of "15 years" of "lies and deceit," and ripped past U.S. administrations for working with a government that protects terrorists.

“The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools,” he said Monday morning.

“They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!” he added.

Trump's tweet followed a New York Times report late last week that claimed the Trump administration is considering withholding $225 million in aid over frustration with Pakistan's handling of terror networks.

In 2011, terrorist leader Osama bin Laden was slain by U.S. forces in a major Pakistani city after he was discovered to be living at a fortified compound in Abbottabad.

Pakistan's defense minister fired back at Trump on Monday, accusing the U.S. of giving Pakistan "nothing but invective and mistrust" over the last decade and a half.

“[Pakistan] as anti-terror ally has given free to US: land & air communication, military bases & intel cooperation that decimated Al-Qaeda over last 16yrs, but they have given us nothing but invective & mistrust,” Khurram Dastgir-Khan said on Twitter.

“They overlook cross-border safe havens of terrorists who murder Pakistanis,” he added.

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