Trump’s big blast: ‘If I had not threatened tariffs, there would have been a nuclear war between India and Pakistan’

Washington: US President Donald Trump is known for his outspoken statements, but this time the claims he has made regarding India and Pakistan have sparked a new debate. Trump has once again repeated his old tune that it was he who had stopped the fierce war between India and Pakistan last year. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, Trump claimed that if he had not intervened, annihilation between the two nuclear countries was certain.

“I threatened tariffs and they agreed.”

Donald Trump mentioned the situation of last year (2025) when India, after the Pahalgam attack, ‘Operation Sindoor’ They entered the border of Pakistan and destroyed the terrorist hideouts. Trump says that at that time the situation had become so bad that the danger of nuclear war was looming. Trump claimed, “I solved it by using tariffs (trade sanctions). I told both countries clearly that if you do not stop fighting, I will impose heavy tariffs on you and you will not be able to do any trade with America.”

Trump further said that till now he has stopped 8 major wars in the world and for this many countries have also sent him ‘thank you letters’. He also claimed that the Prime Minister of Pakistan had told him that because of Trump, the lives of 3 to 5 crore people were saved.

Pakistan agreed, India refused

Interestingly, these claims of Trump have got the support of Pakistan. Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has also thanked Trump. However, India has vehemently rejected these claims from the very beginning. India’s stand has always been clear that any dispute it has with Pakistan is bilateral and there is no need for the mediation of any third country.

India’s counterattack: ‘Operation Vermillion’ and Pakistan’s pleading

Indian Defense Ministry and government sources have clarified that the ceasefire was not due to any foreign pressure, but due to India’s military superiority. operation vermilion During this, the Indian Army had killed more than 100 terrorists inside Pakistan and destroyed their air defense system.

It was also reiterated in the Parliament that after facing Indian attack for 4 days, Pakistan had come to its knees and had itself requested for ceasefire. Ceasefire came into effect on May 10 between both countries DGMO (Director General of Military Operations) It was the result of a direct conversation between. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh had recently said that India had conducted the operation on its own terms and was prepared for any prolonged war.