NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Friday again said he stopped India and Pakistan from fighting and that he told both countries that his government cannot trade with nations that are in conflict.“We stopped India and Pakistan from fighting. I believe that could have turned out into a nuclear disaster,” Trump said during a press conference in the Oval Office with Elon Musk, who is leaving his role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).Trump said he wanted to thank “the leaders of India, the leaders of Pakistan, and I want to thank my people also. We talked trade and we said ‘we can’t trade with people that are shooting at each other and potentially using nuclear weapons’.”He also said that the leaders of both India and Pakistan are “great leaders” and “they understood, and they agreed, and that all stopped.”“We are stopping others from fighting also, because ultimately, we can fight better than anybody. We have the greatest military in the world. We have the greatest leaders in the world,” Trump added.About two weeks after the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 26 civilians, India launched Operation Sindoor to target terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.On May 10, India and Pakistan reached an understanding to end the conflict after four days of drone and missile strikes across the border.The Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) from both countries agreed to stop all firing and military actions on land, air, and sea. Trump has often said that he “helped settle” the tensions between India and Pakistan, a claim denied by New Delhi.
