In an interview to The Atlantic, the outgoing United States Ambassador to United Nations Nikki Haley stated that the US should not give any financial aid to Pakistan until it stops harbouring terrorism on its land. Haley said, "Giving them over a billion dollars, and they continue to harbour terrorists that turn around and kill our soldiers. That's never okay. We shouldn't even give them a dollar until they correct it."

The outgoing envoy also asserted that Pakistan should be given guidelines to handle terrorism before handing over any financial help. "Tell them, 'You have to do these things before we will even start to help you with your military or start to help you on counter-terrorism.' It's those types of things that you really want to kind of look at," Haley emphasised.