New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday yet again doubled down on his claim that he brokered a truce between India and Pakistan earlier this year in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor, but this time cited Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir's supposed words as proof.

"The prime minister of Pakistan (Shehbaz Sharif) was here along with the field marshal (Munir), who's a very important guy in Pakistan. He was here (White House) a few days ago. And he said to a group of people, 'This man (Trump) saved millions of lives because he saved (stopped) the war from going on,'" the US President told a gatherinhg in Quantico.

"That war was going to get very bad. I was very honoured. I love the way he said it. Susie Wiles ...