Pakistan has summoned the US ambassador in a rare public rebuke after Donald Trump lashed out at Islamabad with threats to cut aid over “lies and deceit” about militancy. Pakistan’s foreign office summoned David Hale on Monday to explain the US president’s comments, according to media reports. A spokesperson for the US embassy in Islamabad confirmed the meeting took place. In a withering attack, Trump tweeted on Monday that the US had “foolishly” handed Pakistan more than $33bn in aid in the last 15 years and had been rewarded with “nothing but lies and deceit”. “They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!” he wrote. On Tuesday, Pakistan’s prime minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, chaired a national security committee (NSC) meeting of civilian and military chiefs, focusing on Trump’s tweet. The discussion, which lasted nearly three hours, was brought forward by a day and followed a meeting of army generals. In a statement issued by the prime minister’s office, the NSC did not name Trump but spoke of “deep disappointment” at the large number of critical comments made by US officials. “Recent statements and articulation by the American leadership were completely incomprehensible as…