Key points
- Cites downed planes and rising tensions
- Claims US trade offers helped ease conflict
- India credits direct military talks, not Trump
ISLAMABAD: United States (US) President Donald Trump on Thursday again repeated his claim that he solved the conflict between India and Pakistan and said that the war could have turned nuclear.
“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,” Trump said during remarks in the Oval Office, according to Deccan Herald.
The US president’s comments come on the eve of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday as he tries to bring an end to the Ukraine war.
Trump said he had thought the Russia-Ukraine war would have been the “easiest one” to end but “it’s actually the most difficult”.
Solved “six wars”
Trump went on to add that he has solved “six wars” in the last six months and he is “very proud of it”.
Since May 10, when Trump announced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire, he has repeated his claim on several occasions.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 10, 2025
Trump has claimed that he told the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours that America will do a “lot of trade” with them if they stopped the conflict.
India has been consistently maintaining that the understanding on cessation of hostilities with Pakistan was reached following direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the two militaries.
