India, Oct. 13 -- It was the 50th time, said some who've been keeping count, when US President Donald Trump claimed yet again that he got an India-Pakistan war, potentially nuclear, stopped back in May. He was on his way to Israel as part of his intervention for a ceasefire in Gaza.

For Trump it was in line with the theme of the day - his peacemaking efforts - but it showed yet again his varied stances on India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The tariff threat redux comes just a couple of days after Trump sent Modi a framed photo of the two of them with a handwritten message: "Mr Prime Minister, you are great!"

He made the India-Pakistan remark while speaking to reporters as he took a flight on Sunday.

The question was about China's ...