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<\/p>\nLast Updated:April 26, 2025, 09:34 IST<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump\u2019s Kashmir remark left many online baffled, with some pointing out that Pakistan didn\u2019t even exist before 1947<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump | Image\/File<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump\u2019s recent comment on India-Pakistan tensions in Kashmir has grabbed everyone\u2019s attention on the internet\u2014 but not for the right reasons.<\/p>\n
Trump, while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, called the April 22 terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Pahalgam a \u201cbad one,” but drew headlines for his remark that India and Pakistan had fought for a \u201cthousand years” in Kashmir.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am very close to India and I\u2019m very close to Pakistan, as you know, and they\u2019ve had that fight for a thousand years in Kashmir. Kashmir has been going on for a thousand years, probably longer than that, and it (terrorist attack) was a bad one yesterday, over 30 people,” said Trump while talking to reporters aboard Air Force One.<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t stop here and went on to say: \u201cThere have been tensions on that border for 1,500 years. So, you know, it\u2019s been the same, but I am sure they\u2019ll get it figured out.”<\/p>\n
Internet Perplexed<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s Kashmir remark left many online baffled, with some pointing out that Pakistan didn\u2019t even exist before 1947 \u2014 making it 78 years old, a full 922 years short of Trump\u2019s claim.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly Trump could come up with this gem that Pakistan and India have been fighting over Kashmir for a thousand years. Pakistan and India haven\u2019t even existed for a hundred years yet. Before August 1947, it was one country, and Kashmir was simply a part of it,” said an X user.<\/p>\n
\nOnly Trump could come up with this gem \ud83d\ude01 that Pakistan and India have been fighting over Kashmir for a thousand years. Pakistan and India haven\u2019t even existed for a hundred years yet. Before August 1947, it was one country, and Kashmir was simply a part of it.\u201cI\u2019m close to\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/hYWJYBlcNc<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Dr Shama Junejo (@ShamaJunejo) April 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Another user commented: \u201c1500 years ago \u2014> Gupta Empire was ruling most of India with the majority of Kashmir in it. Islam isn\u2019t a thing by then, forget about Pakistan and border tensions.” A third user said, \u201cI think he meant metaphorically not literally.”<\/p>\n
\n1500 years ago \u2014> Gupta Empire ruling most of the India with majority of Kashmir in it. Islam isn\u2019t a thing by then, forget about Pakistan and boarder tensions.\ud83e\udd15\ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffd\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\u2014 \u0c2a\u0c35\u0c28\u0c4d \u0c38\u0c02\u0c24\u0c4b\u0c37\u0c4d (Pavan Santhosh) (@santhoo9) April 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Many other users also shared their reactions to Trump\u2019s remark:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n1500 years. LMAO Pakistan won\u2019t survive these many years#Pakistan<\/a>\u2014 Everyday Pursuits (@evrydaypursuit) April 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nPakistan is only 77 years old so no we didn\u2019t have a fight for a thousand years with them because you can\u2019t fight a country which didn\u2019t exist before 1947. Maybe Trump needs a history lesson and a course to sound coherent.\u2014 Shaili (@shailivation) April 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Pahalgam Terror Attack<\/p>\n
Tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad escalated following the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, which killed 26 people, mostly tourists. The Pakistan-backed terror group, The Resistance Front, claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n
In response to the attack, India announced a series of measures against Pakistan, including suspending the Indus Waters Treaty, closing the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Attari, halting the SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme for Pakistani nationals, and downgrading diplomatic presence at the High Commission.<\/p>\n
Pakistan rejected India\u2019s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, warning it would view any attempt to block water flow as an \u201cact of war” and threatened to pull out of the 1972 Simla Agreement, which upholds the Line of Control.<\/p>\n
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