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Donald Trump has actually duplicated his claim that he stopped India and Pakistan from going into a nuclear dispute by threatening both with a 350 percent trade tariff.
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Donald Trump has actually once again declared that he personally stopped India and Pakistan from going into a nuclear dispute by threatening both countries with huge trade charges.
His remarks come months after India’s Operation Sindoor, a significant cross-border counter-terror operation performed in May 2025, following the Pahalgam horror attack, which declared the lives of 26 individuals.
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Speaking at an occasion, Trump asserted that he cautioned New Delhi and Islamabad of debilitating financial consequences throughout an earlier duration of increased hostility.
“You understand, I was speaking about the various wars, and it’s, appearance, India, Pakistan, they were going to go out with nuclear weapons. I stated, that’s fine, you can go at it, however I’m putting a 350 percent tariff on each nation, say goodbye to trade with the United States.”
“No, no, you can’t do that,” Trump declared either of the sides stated.
“I stated, I’m going to do it. Return to me and I’ll take it down. You, I’m not going to have you guys shooting nuclear weapons at each other, eliminating millions of individuals and having the nuclear dust drifting over Los Angeles. I’m not going to do it.”
“They said, we don’t like that. I said, I don’t care if you like it or not,” Trump stated.
“So I was all set. I informed a 350 percent tariff to settle that war. If you, if you do not, we’ll make a great trade offer.”
“Now, no other president would have done that. Another guy would have, like Joe Biden doesn’t even know what countries we’re talking about. He wouldn’t have any idea. There’d be no tariffs on anything. Just the whole world would go to hell,” Trump stated.
“But no, I utilize tariffs to settle all these, not all of them. 5 of the 8 were settled due to the fact that of the economy, due to the fact that of trade, since of tariffs. I’ll inform you what the Prime Minister of Pakistan (Shehbaz Sharif) called me,” Trump stated, even more estimating him, “Thank you quite.”
“He in fact stated, I conserved millions. And he stated in front of Susie, he stated President Trump conserved millions and countless lives.”
“And I got a call from Prime Minister Modi saying, we’re done. I said, you’re done with what? ‘We’re not going to go to war’. I said, Thank you very much. Let’s make a deal,” Trump declared.
“But I conserved a great deal of individuals, countless individuals, on numerous other wars,” he added.
VIDEO | Washington DC: US President Donald Trump (@POTUS) claims again that he prevented India–Pakistan war by threatening both countries with a 350 per cent tariff.Trump says, “India and Pakistan were going to go at it with nuclear weapons. I told them, you can go at it, but… pic.twitter.com/PQ7TtRHecr
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) November 20, 2025
The four-day conflict between India and Pakistan ended following a direct conversation between the two countries.
However, soon after, Trump on social media announced that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate ceasefire” after a “long night” of talks mediated by Washington.
The US President has repeated his claim several times that he “helped settle” the stress in between the 2 nations.
India has actually regularly rejected any third-party intervention, Pakistan has actually applauded Trump on several celebrations, declaring that he brokered the ceasefire throughout the May dispute.
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Vani Mehrotra
Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has almost 10 years of experience in both nationwide and worldwide news and has actually formerly dealt with numerous desks.
Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has almost 10 years of experience in both nationwide and worldwide news and has actually formerly dealt with several desks.