Trump once more claims he pushed India, Pakistan to peace by commerce stress, tariff threats

U.S. President Donald Trump has once more claimed that he performed a key function in defusing tensions between India and Pakistan by threatening to impose huge tariffs on each nations, saying the transfer “stopped the fighting” between the 2 nuclear-armed neighbours.

In an interview with Fox News on Wednesday (October 8, 2025), Mr. Trump stated his “ability” to make use of commerce and tariffs as diplomatic leverage helped deliver “peace to the world” in a number of battle zones.

Tariffs, he stated, “give you a tremendous road to peace and the saving of millions of lives, just millions and millions of lives”.

The President stated he made seven peace offers the place nations, in lots of circumstances, had been combating for a whole bunch of years and “millions of people were being killed”.

“Not in all circumstances, however most likely in at the very least 5 of the seven (peace offers) we’ve executed, it was by commerce. We’re not going to cope with people who combat,” he stated.

Mr. Trump stated he advised the nations that “we are not going to let you deal in the United States. We’ll put tariffs on you”.

To buttress his level, he gave the instance of the current army battle between India and Pakistan, which he once more claimed to have stopped.

Mr. Trump stated he had advised each India and Pakistan that the U.S. would halt commerce and impose “massive tariffs” except they “put it collectively” and cease the combating.

“You take a look at India and Pakistan, I stated, effectively, we’re not going to do enterprise with both of you should you do not put it collectively. These are two nuclear nations. Seven planes had been shot down, as you recognize, they usually had been actually at it,” Mr. Trump stated. He, nonetheless, didn’t specify which nation’s jets he was referring to.

“I stated, we’re not going to do any enterprise with you. We’re not going to have something to do with you. We are going to place huge tariffs on each of you… And inside 24 hours, I had a peace deal… they stopped the combating,” the President claimed.

Mr. Trump additionally described his peace efforts within the Middle East as an “unimaginable factor”, saying the Israel and Hamas’ settlement to his peace plan to pause combating is “so nice for Israel, so nice for Muslims, for the Arab nations, (and) for the United States”.

“This is more than Gaza. This is peace in the Middle East, and it’s an incredible thing,” he stated.

India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, focusing on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam assault that killed 26 civilians.

India and Pakistan reached an understanding on May 10 to finish the battle after 4 days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes.

India has persistently maintained that the understanding on cessation of hostilities with Pakistan was reached following direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the 2 militaries.

Mr. Trump has repeated a number of occasions that he ended seven wars within the second time period of his administration thus far, together with India and Pakistan, Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, the Congo and Rwanda, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia and Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Since May 10, when Mr. Trump introduced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and rapid” ceasefire after a “lengthy evening” of talks mediated by Washington, he has repeated his declare dozens of occasions that he “helped settle” the battle between India and Pakistan.