US President Donald Trump on Wednesday once again claimed credit for brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, telling lawmakers during his State of the Union address that his intervention had averted a potential nuclear conflict between the two countries.
Speaking before Congress, the US President further asserted that the situation could have spiralled into a nuclear war. “Pakistan and India would have been in a nuclear war,” Trump said, adding that “35 million people said the Prime Minister of Pakistan (Shehbaz Sharif) would have died if it were not for my involvement.”
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday once again claimed credit for brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, telling lawmakers during his State of the Union address that his intervention had averted a potential nuclear conflict between the two countries.
Speaking before Congress, the US President further asserted that the situation could have spiralled into a nuclear war. “Pakistan and India would have been in a nuclear war,” Trump said, adding that “35 million people said the Prime Minister of Pakistan would have died if it were not for my involvement.”
In recent months, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly asserted that he was responsible for halting the India-Pakistan conflict. He has consistently maintained that his administration used trade agreements and tariff measures as leverage to dissuade both countries from escalating tensions, a claim that has not been endorsed by New Delhi.
The Republican President was referring to the May 2025 military confrontation that followed the Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 civilians were killed. In response, India carried out strikes on terror bases in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan under Operation Sindoor.
