Trump Claims He Prevented India-Pakistan Nuclear Conflict Through Tariff Threats and Personal Calls with PM Modi

Donald Trump has made a new assertion about intervening in tensions between India and Pakistan, claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi called him directly.

In New York and Washington, US President Donald Trump stated he resolved tensions between India and Pakistan by threatening both nations with 350 percent tariffs. According to Trump, Prime Minister Narendra Modi contacted him saying, "we're not going to go to war."

Trump has reiterated this claim over 60 times that he "helped settle" tensions between the two countries in May this year, despite India consistently rejecting any third-party mediation.

"I'm good at settling disputes, and I've always been. I've done very well with that over the years, even before this. I was talking about the different wars... India, Pakistan... they were going to go at it, nuclear weapons," Trump declared on Wednesday.

While speaking at the US-Saudi Investment Forum attended by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Trump claimed he told both nuclear-armed neighbors that they "can go at it, but I'm putting a 350 percent tariff on each country. No more trade with the United States."

Trump further asserted that both nations implored him not to implement the tariffs. He reportedly responded, "I'm going to do it. Come back to me and I'll take it down. But I'm not going to have you guys shooting nuclear weapons at each other, killing millions of people and having the nuclear dust floating over Los Angeles. I'm not going to do it."

The US President claimed he was "all set" and informed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about imposing a 350 percent tariff to resolve the conflict. Trump added that if the countries ceased hostilities, "we'll make a nice trade deal," noting ongoing trade negotiations.

"Now, no other president would have done that... I used tariffs to settle all these wars, not all of them. Five of the eight were settled because of the economy, because of trade, because of tariffs," Trump stated. "I did this."

Trump added that Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif telephoned him in the presence of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles to express gratitude for saving millions of lives.

Trump then claimed receiving a call from Prime Minister Modi saying, "we're done." Trump said he asked, "you're done with what?" to which Modi allegedly replied: "We're not going to go to war." Trump stated he thanked Modi and suggested, "Let's make a deal." The US president further claimed he saved millions of lives in numerous other conflicts.

Trump repeated this assertion about stopping the India-Pakistan war the previous day during a bilateral meeting with the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office.

Since May 10, when Trump announced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a "full and immediate" ceasefire after a "long night" of Washington-mediated talks, he has repeated this claim more than 60 times.

India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir following the Pahalgam attack that resulted in 26 civilian casualties.

India has consistently rejected any third-party intervention and maintained that the agreement on cessation of hostilities with Pakistan was reached on May 10 through direct discussions between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of both militaries.