United States President Donald Trump has once again asserted that he played a crucial role in preventing India and Pakistan from going to war in 2025, claiming that he averted a major escalation in the cross-border conflict between the two nuclear-armed nations by threatening the two sides with trade tariffs as high as 250 per cent.Addressing a campaign rally in Florida on Friday (local time) ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, he reiterated his claim that he had "settled" eight "wars."#WATCH | US President Donald Trump says, "...You stop India and Pakistan, two nuclear nations... I said, "Fellas, if you guys are going to do that, you're not going to trade with the United States...I'm going to put massive tariffs on both of you, 250 percent, so you won't be able to do any business." They got very upset, very angry; they stopped shooting, and the war was over...Eleven planes were shot.
I stopped all these wars, and it's really an honor to do so..." (Video Source: Reuters)— ANI (@ANI) October 23, 2026"You stop India and Pakistan. Two nuclear [nations]—you stopped them.
There I did on trade. I said, 'Fellas, if you guys are going to do that, you're not going to trade with the United States and make a lot of money.
And I'm going to put massive tariffs on both of you, 250%, so you won't be able to do any business.' And they got very upset, very angry, and they stopped shooting, and the war was over," Trump stated.He also used the occasion to once again express his frustration over not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for his supposed diplomatic achievements. "Did I get the Nobel Prize? No," he remarked.
While Trump has repeatedly claimed that he brought the armed conflict between India and Pakistan to a halt in the aftermath of the deadly Pahalgam terror attack last year, New Delhi has consistently denied any third-party intervention.India maintains that the ceasefire between India and Pakistan during Operation Sindoor came after Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) requested his Indian counterpart to halt military action. Operation Sindoor was launched by India on May 7 last year.
It targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.- Ends(With inputs from agencies)