Stopped India-Pak tensions with tariff threat: Trump claims once again
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday reiterated his claim that tariffs imposed by his administration helped ease tensions between India and Pakistan during their 2025 conflict, while again asserting that he had played a decisive role in ending several global wars.
Speaking to reporters during an executive order signing event, Trump suggested that he had resolved as many as eight conflicts and pointed to the India–Pakistan situation as a key example. He claimed that, in many instances, he had received letters of appreciation, including references to nominations to the Nobel Committee, The New Indian Express reported.
Referring to the South Asian standoff, he indicated that Pakistan’s Prime Minister had credited him with saving tens of millions of lives, adding that the potential toll could have been even higher given that both countries are nuclear powers and that multiple aircraft had reportedly been shot down. Trump also suggested that he had used the threat of tariffs as leverage to push both sides toward de-escalation.
He further implied that the countries had responded positively to the tariff warning and were keen to avoid economic consequences.
Trump has repeatedly taken credit for facilitating a ceasefire between India and Pakistan. Since May 10 last year, when he announced via social media that both nations had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire, he has reiterated similar claims dozens of times, including stating that he had “stopped eight wars” within his first year back in office. At an event organised by Turning Point USA in Phoenix, Arizona, he described himself as a peacemaker and again linked his efforts to averting a large-scale conflict between the two countries.
During a “Board of Peace” event on February 20, he reiterated that he had mediated between the two nuclear-armed neighbours during Operation Sindoor, claiming that he had threatened steep tariffs as an economic deterrent.
However, India has consistently maintained that the ceasefire understanding during Operation Sindoor was reached through direct military communication, stating that Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations had contacted his Indian counterpart. India had launched Operation Sindoor targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam terror attack.