Trump Claims He Averted India-Pakistan War by Threatening 250% Tariffs

Former U.S. President Donald Trump said he prevented a potential war between India and Pakistan earlier this year by threatening both nations with unprecedented 250% tariffs. Speaking at the Asia-Pacific summit in South Korea, Trump said the two countries were “going at it” after seven planes were shot down during a brief military flare-up in May. He claimed he warned both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan’s leaders that Washington would impose massive trade penalties if hostilities continued.

Trump stated that his intervention led both sides to step back after initially resisting his calls for a ceasefire. “They both said, ‘No, no, no, you should let us fight.’ After literally two days, they called up and said, ‘We understand,’ and they stopped fighting,” he said, receiving applause from the audience.

While Pakistan publicly thanked Trump for his mediating role and even nominated him for a Nobel Prize, India has previously dismissed such claims. New Delhi maintains that no discussion regarding U.S. mediation took place during the four-day conflict. The U.S. has since imposed tariffs of up to 50% on select Indian goods, including additional levies over Russian oil imports, while reducing Pakistan’s tariff rates from 29% to 19%.

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