Donald Trump once again takes credit for ending hostilities between India and Pakistan
Washington, DC: US President Donald Trump once again took credit for mediating an end to the conflict between India and Pakistan on Friday (local time), saying that he used commerce as a weapon, which caused both nations to instantly end the war.
Trump made the argument that if the US hadn’t stepped in between India and Pakistan, a conflict between the two nations may have become nuclear.
“You know, I accomplished something that people don’t speak about, and I don’t talk about it much, but we were able to resolve a significant issue—possibly a nuclear issue—with Pakistan and India. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, “I spoke to Pakistan and India, and they have really great leaders, but they were fighting and they could have gone at it nuclear.”
“Both nuclear countries, strong nuclear countries, and I talked about trade and said, ‘We’re not doing trade if you guys are going to be throwing bombs at each other.'” Trump added, praising the leadership of Pakistan and India. They both halted, and I promptly put an end to the conflict. It was progressing significantly, and although it was hoped that it would not reach nuclear power, it might have. In reality, we prevented it from going nuclear in the next round, and I want to thank the leaders of India and Pakistan for doing so.”
The matter remains a point of disagreement between the United States and India, as Yury Ushakov, the Russian president Vladimir Putin’s aide, supported US President Donald Trump’s assertion on Friday that he mediated an end to hostilities between India and Pakistan. Ushakov said that US President Donald Trump’s “personal” participation in resolving the India-Pakistan issue was addressed during a phone call between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“The Middle East was discussed, as well as the armed conflict between India and Pakistan, which has been halted with the personal involvement of President Trump,” he said.
Congress MP and All-Party team Leader Shashi Tharoor earlier said that the team clarified US President Donald Trump’s assertion of managing the India-Pakistan conflict during their meeting with US Vice President JD Vance.
“The meeting with Vice President Vance was excellent, excellent, and extremely transparent. I believe we were quite clear about where we were on this mediation issue, and Vice President Vance understood us well,” he continued.
Following New Delhi’s successful reaction to Islamabad’s aggression after precise attacks on terror infrastructure, US President Donald Trump has often taken responsibility for halting hostilities between India and Pakistan.
In reaction to the Pahalgam terror assault, India launched Operation Sindoor early on May 7 and targeted militant infrastructure in Pakistan and PoJK. India successfully retaliated against Pakistan’s following attack by bombarding its air bases. After Pakistan’s DGMO called his Indian counterpart, the two countries decided to halt military operations.