A former top Pakistani diplomat has said that United States President Donald Trump's decision to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the mega diaspora event 'Howdy, Modi!' shows that Trump considers Modi to be his friend and ally.<br />''<br />''Trump will join Modi at the mega rally in Houston this Sunday, which will be attended by more than 50 thousand Indian Americans.<br />''<br />''Former Pakistani Ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani told PTI that the event will certainly depress those who thought that Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's last trip to Washington represented a breakthrough in US-Pakistan relations.<br />''<br />''This will be the third meeting between the two leaders this year. The previous two were on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in June in Japan and in France in July on the sidelines of the G7 Summit.<br />