Published on, Aug. 28 -- August 28, 2025 2:23 AM

United States President Donald Trump once again claimed credit on Tuesday for ending the conflict between India and Pakistan, saying that his threat of extremely high tariffs was instrumental in reaching a ceasefire agreement.

Participating in a cabinet meeting at the White House yesterday, the US president reiterated the claim that his intervention was directly responsible for the end of the conflict.

"India and Pakistan were gonna end up in a nuclear war if I didn't stop them," he said, adding, "I saw seven jets were shot down . $150 million planes were shot down; seven, maybe more than that, they didn't even report the real number."

Trump added that he had spoken to both India and Pa...