India, June 25 -- By Reena Bhardwaj

Hague [Netherlands], June 25 (ANI): US President Donald Trump has claimed he stopped a potential nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan by threatening to withhold trade deals.

Speaking at a NATO summit in Hague, President Trump doubled down on his claims at the press conference Wednesday, saying he used "a series of phone calls on trade" to convince the nuclear-armed neighbours to step back from military confrontation during escalating tensions in May 2025.

"I said if you're going to go fighting each other, we're not doing any trade deal," Trump told reporters at the conclusion of the NATO summit in the Netherlands on Wednesday.

"We stopped the nuclear war," he added.

Trump referenced recent d...