U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters
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“If you have a look at Pakistan and India… planes have been being knocked out of the air. Six or seven planes got here down. They have been able to go, perhaps nuclear. We solved that,” Mr. Trump mentioned throughout remarks within the Oval Office.
The U.S. President’s feedback come on the eve of his assembly with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday as he tries to carry an finish to the Ukraine struggle.
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Trump mentioned he had thought the Russia-Ukraine struggle would have been the “best one” to finish however “it is really essentially the most tough”.
“I believe that President Putin wish to see a deal. I believe if I weren’t president, he would take over all of Ukraine. It’s a struggle that ought to have by no means occurred. If I weren’t president, for my part, he would a lot somewhat take over all of Ukraine. But I’m president and he is not going to fiddle with me,” Mr. Trump mentioned.
“I believe it will be assembly,” Mr. Trump mentioned of his upcoming assembly with Mr. Putin.
He added that “the extra necessary assembly” would be the second assembly with Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and himself.
Mr. Trump mentioned there can also be some European leaders for that assembly.
“We’re going to see what occurs. And I believe President Putin will make peace. I believe President Zelenskyy will make peace. We’ll see if they will get alongside, and if they will, it will be nice,” he mentioned.
Mr. Trump went on so as to add that he has solved “six wars” within the final six months and he’s “very pleased with it”.
Since May 10, when Mr. Trump introduced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and fast” ceasefire, he has repeated his declare on a number of events.
Mr. Trump has claimed that he instructed the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours that America will do a “lot of commerce” with them in the event that they stopped the battle.
India has been constantly sustaining 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.
Published – August 15, 2025 08:45 am IST



