US President Donald Trump has claimed that he stopped a possible nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan by threatening to withdraw trade deals.
Speaking at a NATO summit in the Hague, President Trump doubled his claims at the press conference on Wednesday, stating that he used “A series of phone calls” to convince the nuclear-world neighbors to retreat from military conflicts during tension in May 2025.
Trump told reporters at the conclusion of the NATO Summit in the Netherlands on Wednesday, “I said that if you are going to fight each other, we are not making a business deal,” Trump on Wednesday told reporters at the conclusion of the NATO Summit in the Netherlands.
“We stopped the nuclear war,” he said.
Referring to the recent diplomatic meetings, Trump said that Pakistani General Asim Munir visited his office last week, while praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “a great friend of mine” and “a great gentleman”.
According to the President’s account, the two countries chose a possible economic partnership on military action when he was presented with options.
Trump explained, “I met him for logic, and I said, if you are going to fight, we are not doing the business deal. He said, no, I want to make a business deal,” Trump explained.
These comments represent the most latest public account of the President of the President’s claimed role in the mediation of the Indo-Pakistan crisis that erupted earlier this year.
However, the characterization of Trump’s events has been disputed by Indian authorities.
The Government of India contested the first President’s claim that in May 2025, American mediation was decisive in achieving ceasefire between the two countries.
Meanwhile, India has clarified that the enmity between India and Pakistan ended on May 10 after contacts between two DGMOs.
A spokesman for India’s Foreign Ministry said that senior officials in New Delhi and Washington were “in regular contact” during the crisis, but stopped less confirming the version of Trump’s events.
The conflict represented the most serious military growth between India and Pakistan in five decades, both nuclear-script nations raised forces with their disputed border.
The US maintains important economic relations with India and bilateral trade of billions of dollars annually.
India is one of the largest trading partners of the US in Asia, while Pakistan has demanded close economic relations with Washington in recent years.
In the financial year 2024–25, bilateral trade between the two countries reached 131.84 billion USD.
During the press conference, Trump defended American attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, which, as “very, very successful”, is contrary to an early intelligence report, which suggests more limited damage.
The US President called the operation “oblivion” and compared it to the atomic bombs who ended World War II.
“No other army on Earth could,” he said, dismissed media reports on intelligence evaluation as “spin”.
There were attacks between Israel and Iran before the ceasefire. A classified US Intelligence Report suggested that the attacks set back the “a few months” to the Iran’s nuclear program.
However, the Israel Nuclear Energy Commission stated that the strike delayed Iran’s nuclear weapons development “for many years”.
Trump has previously highlighted his personal relationship with world leaders to resolve international controversies, although his claims about direct interference in foreign conflicts have sometimes attracted skepticism from diplomatic sources.
The President made a similar claim about stopping wars during his previous term in the office, including claims about North Korea and Middle Eastern conflicts. (AI)
