India, Oct. 20 -- No one's keeping count of how many times US President Donald Trump has claimed to have brokered a truce between India and Pakistan. True to form, he brought it up again in a recent interview, repeating that a tariff threat to both countries prompted them to declare a ceasefire.

A persistent Trump now has a new reason to back his claim: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Ever since Sharif praised Trump at the Gaza Peace Summit in Egypt, Trump has been citing those remarks to support his assertion that he played a role in ending hostilities between India and Pakistan after their military conflict in May.

In an interview with Fox News, Trump said he ended eight wars, five of them owing to tariffs. Citing an example, ...