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Last Updated:October 21, 2025, 23:03 IST
US President Donald Trump again claimed he brokered India-Pakistan conflict by threatening to halt trade with both nations, a claim India never confirmed.
US President Donald Trump has claimed he brokered the truce between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor but India maintains that the decision was taken bilaterally. (IMAGE: REUTERS)
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated his claim that he personally brokered the ceasefire between India and Pakistan during the May conflict, when Indian forces struck terror camps inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to avenge the killing of 26 civilians in Kashmir’s Pahalgam.
Trump said the confrontation, which followed Pakistan’s intervention on behalf of militant groups and heavy losses suffered by its forces during India’s Operation Sindoor, could have escalated into a full-scale nuclear war.
“I mentioned eight wars. Of the eight, five were based solely on trade and tariffs. India-Pakistan were going at it. Two nuclear powers and serious nuclear. Seven planes shot down. They were ready to go and I called them up, I said, you go to war and we’re not doing a trade deal and they said, well, what does one thing have to do with the other?" he said, while speaking to reporters.
India maintains that the decision regarding the ceasefire and the truce was taken bilaterally between the top military officials in New Delhi and Islamabad. India has also held that the ceasefire was declared after Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) requested to hold talks with their Indian counterpart.
Trump claimed that he was called to broker the truce. “I said, it has a lot, you are nuclear powers, and if you do it, we’re not doing a trade deal. 24 hours later, they called me. We have decided not to do it. We stopped the war. We stopped a potential disaster, a nuclear disaster, because of trade," he claimed.
New Delhi has said that the ceasefire depends upon Pakistan not giving safe haven to terrorists and maintains the Operation Sindoor is the new normal and will resume if terrorists backed by the Pakistani state attacks Indians.
Shankhyaneel Sarkar is a Chief Sub-Editor at News18. He covers international affairs, where he focuses on breaking news to in-depth analyses. He has over seven years of experience during which he has covered se...Read More
Shankhyaneel Sarkar is a Chief Sub-Editor at News18. He covers international affairs, where he focuses on breaking news to in-depth analyses. He has over seven years of experience during which he has covered se...
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First Published:
October 21, 2025, 22:55 IST
News world ‘Stopped Nuclear War...’: Trump Repeats Claim He Brokered India-Pakistan Truce Using Trade
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