Key points
- “That could have turned out into a nuclear disaster”: Trump
- “We cannot trade with people that are shooting at each other”: US president
ISLAMABAD: United States (US) President Donald Trump on Friday repeated that he stopped India and Pakistan from fighting and told the two nations that his administration cannot trade with people who are shooting at each other.
“We stopped India and Pakistan from fighting. I believe that could have turned out into a nuclear disaster,” Trump said during a press conference in the Oval Office with billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is leaving the Trump administration after helming the US Department of Government Efficiency, Tech Policy reported.
“They agreed and that all stopped”
He further said that he wanted to thank the leaders of India and the leaders of Pakistan.
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“I want to thank my people also, we talked trade and we say we cannot trade with people that are shooting at each other and potentially using nuclear weapons and they are great leaders those countries and they understood and they agreed and that all stopped,” Trump said. “We are stopping others from fighting also because ultimately, we can fight better than anybody, we have the greatest military in the world,” he said.