“I Solved That”: Trump Once Again Claims Credit for India-Pakistan Ceasefire
Washington — On the eve of a high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, US President Donald Trump once again reiterated his long-standing claim that he was the one who defused tensions between India and Pakistan — a conflict he suggested could have escalated into a nuclear war.
Recalling the 2019 hostilities, Trump said:
“If you look at Pakistan and India… planes were being knocked out of the air. Six or seven planes came down. They were ready to go, maybe nuclear. We solved that.”
The US president linked his remarks to his ongoing diplomatic push to end the war in Ukraine, calling the Russia-Ukraine conflict the “most difficult” to resolve despite initially thinking it would be the easiest. He also stated that Putin wouldn’t dare expand further into Ukraine under his watch.
Trump signaled optimism about his meeting with Putin, noting that a follow-up session involving Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — and possibly European leaders — could be “more important.” He said he believed both Putin and Zelenskyy were open to peace.
Highlighting his foreign policy record, Trump claimed to have “solved six wars” in the last six months, including brokering the India-Pakistan ceasefire. He asserted that he persuaded the nuclear-armed neighbours to halt hostilities by promising “a lot of trade” if they complied.
India, however, has consistently maintained that the ceasefire understanding was reached through direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the two nations — without external mediation.
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