India, Nov. 23 -- United States President Donald Trump claimed on Saturday (local time) that he used tariffs as threat in the five out of the eight wars that he stopped. He also said that the United States is taking in "trillions of dollars" from countries across the world in the form of tariffs, a move he implies has benefitted the US economy.

In a heavily-worded post on Truth Social, Trump said that he stopped five out of the eight wars "directly because of the threat of tariffs".

"We are taking in TRILLIONS of Dollars in Tariffs and Investment Dollars from foreign lands because of Tariffs. I have stopped 5 of the eight WARS directly because of the threat of Tariffs if they don't stop fighting or, better yet, if they start," he wrote ...