India, Oct. 30 -- US President Donald Trump has once again claimed credit for preventing a war between India and Pakistan earlier this year, saying he threatened to impose an "impossible" 250 percent tariff on both nations to stop further escalations, media reports said.

Speaking in South Korea, Trump said he intervened after the Pahalgam terror attack and India's retaliatory Operation Sindoor in May, which he described as escalating into a near-war.

"I told Prime Minister Modi and Pakistan's leaders I'd impose a 250 per cent tariff, which means they'd never do business. After two days, they said, 'we understand,' and stopped fighting," he said.

Neither India nor Pakistan has responded to his latest remarks.

Currently, Washington has ...