US President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated his assertion that he had brought an end to the conflict between India and Pakistan in May, attributing the achievement to his administration’s trade negotiations and tariff threats, which he claimed were effective in resolving global disputes.
His version of events, however, has continued to change, with his latest statement including a new claim that “eight planes” were shot down during India’s Operation Sindoor.
Speaking at the America Business Forum in Miami, Trump said the United States was promoting global peace through strength, asserting that other nations no longer dared to challenge it. Highlighting a series of trade agreements recently signed with China, Japan, and Malaysia, he repeated his oft-cited claim that his administration had ended “eight wars in eight months” during his second term.
Referring to the situation between India and Pakistan, Trump said that while his administration was negotiating trade deals with both New Delhi and Islamabad, he learned that the two countries were on the brink of war. He said his administration would not make any deal with either country “if they are at war”, Indian Express reported.
During his address at the business forum, US President Donald Trump recounted that he had been negotiating trade deals with both India and Pakistan when he read in a newspaper that the two countries were on the verge of war. He said that “seven or eight planes were shot down—eight planes essentially,” a claim that marks yet another change in the figures he has provided over time.
Trump’s earlier statements had cited different numbers. He initially said three aircraft were downed, later revised it to five in July, raised it to seven in August, and has now increased the figure to eight.
The president went on to claim that after he warned both nations that the US would suspend trade agreements if hostilities continued, he soon received calls indicating that the two sides wanted peace. According to him, the conflict was halted following his intervention, after which he resumed trade discussions, calling the outcome “great.”
Trump has repeatedly asserted that his administration was instrumental in brokering what he described as a “full and immediate” ceasefire between India and Pakistan.
However, Indian officials have consistently dismissed these claims, maintaining that the de-escalation with Pakistan resulted from direct diplomatic engagement between New Delhi and Islamabad, without any third-party mediation.