Used Trade Deal threat to get India-Pak ceasefire: Trump says again

U.S. President Donald Trump has once again claimed that he got India and Pakistan to agree to a ceasefire in May using trade deals with the U.S. as leverage. While Pakistan has said Mr Trump had a role in brining about a ceasefire and recently recommended that he be awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, India has consistently pushed back against Mr Trump’s claim, with some officials speculating that U.S. may have intervened with Pakistan and told them to stop fighting but such interventions had not happened with the Indian side.

In The Hague for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit, Mr Trump mentioned India and Pakistan as part of a set of conflicts he claimed he settled during a press conference.

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“But maybe the most important of all, India and Pakistan, and that wasn’t whether or not they may someday have nukes … like we’re talking about with Israel and Iran … they have nuclear weapons,” Mr Trump said.

“I ended that with a series of phone calls on trade,” Mr Trump said, adding that the fighting was getting very bad.

“If you’re going to go fighting each other, we’re not doing any trade deal,” Mr Trump said, adding that the Indian and Pakistani sides said to him, “ No, no, no, you have to do a trade deal.”

“I had the General [Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir] who’s really was very impressive. The General from Pakistan was in my office last week. You know, Prime Minister [ Narendra] Modi is a great friend of mine. He’s a great gentleman. He’s a great man. And I got them to reason,” he said, repeating that he had told both men that there would be no trade deals with the U.S. if India and Pakistan were going to fight.