Washington DC/IBNS, Sept. 3 -- US Strategic Affairs Expert Ashley J. Tellis has claimed President Donald Trump felt "cheated" for being denied the credit for the resolution of the India-Pakistan military conflict that went for about four days in May this year.

Tellis hinted at a "deeper grievance" amid the US-India conflict over unfair trade practices and Russian oil purchase.

Though Trump repeatedly claimed he brokered the New Delhi-Islamabad military conflict, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi categorically rejected it saying no global leader asked to stop Operation Sindoor, which was launched by the country's Armed Forces to avenge the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.

Modi referred to a call from US Vice President JD Vance who ha...