US President Donald Trump once again reiterated his claim of resolving several conflicts worldwide, including the India-Pakistan dispute, stating that his mediation averted a potential war between the two countries. Speaking aboard Air Force One, en route to the Middle East, Trump expressed confidence in his ability to end wars and said that the Gaza ceasefire would be the eighth conflict that he has successfully brought to an end. He also mentioned the escalating tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, suggesting that he would take up the matter once he is back in Washington. "This will be my eighth war that I have solved, and I hear there is a war now going on between Pakistan and Afghanistan. I said, I'll have to wait till I get back. I am doing another one. Because I am good at solving wars," Trump said while talking to reporters aboard Air Force One. "Think about India, Pakistan. Think about some of the wars that were going on for years. We had one going for 31, one going for 32, one going for 37 years, with millions of people being killed in every country, and I got every one of those done, for the most part, within a day. It's pretty good," he said. He further spoke about the Nobel Peace Prize, stating, "It's an honour to do it. I saved millions of lives. In all fairness to the Nobel Committee, it was for 2024. This (Nobel Peace Prize) was picked for 2024. But there are those who say you could make an exception because a lot of things happened during 2025 that are done and complete and great. But I did not do this for the Nobel. I did this for saving lives." 'Settled a few of the wars just based on tariffs,' says Trump The US president further said that he leveraged trade to stop the conflict from escalating. "I settled a few of the wars just based on tariffs. For example, between India and Pakistan, I said, if you guys want to fight a war and you have nuclear weapons. I am going to put big tariffs on you both, like 100 per cent, 150 per cent, and 200 per cent.I said I am putting tariffs. I had that thing settled in 24 hours. If I didn't have tariffs, you could have never settled that war," he said. Trump has repeatedly claimed credit for brokering a ceasefire in the 4-day India-Pakistan conflict, despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that New Delhi neither requested Washington’s mediation nor discussed any trade deal. Earlier, he said that the United States was a "peacekeeper" because of tariffs. “Tariffs are very important for the United States. We are a peacekeeper because of tariffs. Not only do we make hundreds of billions of dollars, but we’re a peacekeeper because of tariffs,” Trump said in the Oval Office last week. The US president further stated that if he had not used the “power of tariffs”, four wars would still be raging. “I use tariffs to stop wars. If you look at India and Pakistan, they were ready to go at it. Seven planes were shot down. They were ready to go at it. And they are nuclear powers,” Trump said. “And I don’t want to say exactly what I said, but what I said was very effective. They stopped. And that was based on tariffs. It was based on trade,” he added.
