India, May 16 -- US military strategist and former Pentagon official Michael Rubin has slammed the Donald Trump administration for not blocking a $1 billion bailout to Pakistan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), calling the move a major mistake given Pakistan's track record of sponsoring and harbouring terrorism.

In an op-ed for American Enterprise Institute published Wednesday, Rubin, who is a senior fellow at the institute, said, "By sending money to Pakistan, the IMF is also effectively bailing out China. "Pakistan is today a satrapy of China. and its China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has put Islamabad $40 billion in the red."

His opinion came days after the IMF approved the first review of its $7 billion programme with Pakis...