India, May 17 -- US President Donald Trump has once again claimed credit for brokering a ceasefire understanding between India and Pakistan, stating that the tensions escalated to a dangerously high level, nearly reaching what he preferred to call the "n word", a reference to nuclear conflict.

In an interview with Fox News, during his Middle East visit, Donald Trump called his alleged role in the ceasefire understanding "one of the biggest successes he has ever been given credit for".

Notably, Trump and the US administration's claims on brokering the ceasefire have been denied by the Indian government indirectly in an official statement. The Indian government and the Indian Army maintained that the ceasefire understanding was reached th...