What I stated was very efficient, they stopped: President Trump on India-Pakistan battle

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (October 6, 2025) described his use of tariffs as a measure to cease wars, and stated that his communication to India and Pakistan in the course of the latest battle was “very effective”, repeating his declare of ending the battle between the nuclear-armed neighbours utilizing commerce.

“Tariffs are very important for the United States. We are a peacekeeper because of tariffs. Not only do we make hundreds of billions of dollars, but we’re a peacekeeper because of tariffs,” Mr. Trump stated within the Oval Office on Monday (October 6, 2025).

The U.S. president stated that if he didn’t use the “power of tariffs”, 4 wars would nonetheless be raging.

“I take advantage of tariffs to cease wars. If you have a look at India and Pakistan, they have been able to go at it. Seven planes have been shot down. They have been able to go at it. And they’re nuclear powers.

“And I do not need to say precisely what I stated, however what I stated was very efficient. They stopped. And that was based mostly on tariffs. It was based mostly on commerce,” he stated.

India has constantly denied any third-party intervention. 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 constantly 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.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it clear in Parliament that no chief of any nation requested India to cease Operation Sindoor.

Mr. Trump has repeated a number of instances that he ended seven wars within the second time period of his administration up to now, 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 instant” ceasefire after a “lengthy night time” of talks mediated by Washington, he has repeated his declare dozens of instances that he “helped settle” the battle between India and Pakistan.

The U.S. president added that of the seven wars he ended, at the very least half of them have been due to his “ability at trade and because of tariffs. If I didn’t have tariffs to throw around a little bit, you would have at least four wars raging right now, with thousands of people a day being killed.”