In a special address at the Saudi investment conference on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump once again claimed he prevented a nuclear war between Pakistan and India \u2014 a crisis he said could have killed \u201cmillions.\u201d Trump shared the account with his characteristic boast about settling disputes, recounting how he allegedly handled what he described as an imminent armed clash in South Asia. According to Trump, both countries were \u201cgoing to go at it, nuclear weapons,\u201d and he said he warned them that Washington would impose a massive tariff if they proceeded. \u201cI said that\u2019s okay, you can go at it, but I\u2019m putting a 350% tariff on each country,\u201d he told the audience, adding that he refused to \u201chave you guys shooting nuclear weapons at each other, killing millions of people, and having the nuclear dust floating over Los Angeles.\u201d He said leaders in both capitals initially pushed back, but he claimed he held firm: \u201cThey said, \u2018We don\u2019t like that.\u2019 I said, \u2018I don\u2019t care if you like it or not.\u2019\u201d Trump then recounted that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called him to acknowledge the intervention. \u201cHe actually said, \u2018I saved millions,\u2019\u201d Trump said, adding that the praise was repeated \u201cin front of Susie,\u201d a reference to one of his longtime advisers. \u201cHe said, \u2018President Trump saved millions and millions of lives.\u2019\u201d Trump also said he received a call from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shortly afterward. \u201cI got a call\u2026 saying, \u2018We\u2019re done,\u2019\u201d Trump claimed. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to go to war.\u201d For Pakistan, the remarks are notable not only because of the nuclear angle but also because Trump rarely speaks so directly about his dealings with Islamabad. The speech eventually shifted to other matters \u2014 including Sudan \u2014 with Trump saying Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had urged him to take on a dispute he \u201cdidn\u2019t think was going to be so easy to do.\u201d \u201cHe said, \u2018Yeah, thank you. Thank you to you,\u2019\u201d Trump remarked, explaining that it wasn\u2019t even on his \u201ccharts\u201d but that he would now \u201cstart working in Sudan.\u201d Still, the core of his address returned repeatedly to the same claim: that he used economic pressure \u2014 tariffs, primarily \u2014 to halt conflicts. \u201cFive of the eight were settled because of the economy, because of trade,\u201d he said, insisting that no other US president would have used the same approach. This is not the first time Trump has boasted about stopping a war between two nuclear-armed South Asian rivals. It was actually the second time during Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman’s visit alone that he mentioned his \u201cpeacekeeping.\u201d Addressing a joint press conference with MBS, who was visiting the US for the first time in seven years, at the Oval Office, Trump said: \u201cI’ve stopped eight wars… I’ve actually stopped eight wars.\u201d Expressing pride in halting eight conflicts across the globe, the US president on Wednesday claimed that he prevented a war from \u201crestarting\u201d between Pakistan and India. Earlier this year, the two nations engaged in a military showdown, the worst between the old foes in decades, which was sparked by an attack on tourists in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam area, which New Delhi alleged was backed by Pakistan. Islamabad denied involvement in the Pahalgam attack, which killed 26 men and offered to participate in a neutral probe into the deadly incident. During the clashes, Pakistan downed seven Indian fighter jets, including three Rafale, and dozens of drones. After at least 87 hours, the war between the bitter rivals ended on May 10 in a ceasefire agreement brokered by the US. The US president, during a White House media briefing last month, had said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif credited him with preventing a catastrophic nuclear war with India that could have killed millions. Trump asserted he had halted eight wars, including recent Gaza breakthrough, and is pushing to end the Ukraine conflict. He also highlighted his broader diplomatic record. \u201cEight wars stopped in nine months \u2014 Pakistan-India, Israel-Iran, Rwanda-Congo, Ethiopia-Egypt, Armenia-Azerbaijan, and now Gaza. I\u2019m working on Ukraine next,\u201d he had said, touting his mediation of a Gaza deal that saw 20 Israeli hostages freed and 2,000 Palestinian detainees swapped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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