Wars and crypto bring Pakistan army chief to Trump’s lunch table

Wars and crypto bring Pakistan army chief to Trump's lunch table Wars and crypto bring Pakistan army chief to Trump's lunch table

ISLAMABAD — The lunch meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, at the White House on Wednesday proved something of a diplomatic breakthrough as Islamabad woos Trump with its recently announced national crypto reserve plan.

Munir became the first serving army chief of Pakistan who was not at the head of a milit government to have a meeting with a sitting U.S. president. It was also the first interaction between a top Pakistani official and a U.S. president since July 2019, when Prime Minister Imran Khan and Trump met in the White House. Biden did not meet his Pakistani counterpart during his four-year tenure.