"Should Get Nobel Prize": Trump Claims He Stopped India-Pak War With Trade

Trump Claims He Prevented India-Pakistan War Through Trade Negotiations

Trump asserted he has prevented 7 conflicts worldwide and deserves a Nobel Prize for each one.

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President Donald Trump reiterated his assertion that he resolved tensions between India and Pakistan earlier this year through trade leverage and stated he should receive the Nobel Peace Prize for "ending seven wars" globally.

"On the world stage, we are once again doing things that we are just respected at a level that we have never been respected before.

"We are forging peace agreements, and we are stopping wars. So we stopped wars between India and Pakistan, Thailand and Cambodia," Trump declared Saturday at the American Cornerstone Institute Founder's Dinner.

He elaborated, "Think of India and Pakistan. Think of that. And you know how I stopped that -- with trade. They want to trade. And I have great respect for both leaders. But when you take a look at all of these wars that we've stopped."

"Just look at that. India, Pakistan, Thailand, Cambodia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kosovo and Serbia, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, Rwanda and the Congo. We stopped all of them. And 60 per cent of them were stopped because of trade," the president claimed.

He further explained that "like with India, I said, 'look, we're not going to do any trade if you're going to fight and they have nuclear weapons. They stopped."

Trump mentioned being told that resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict would merit a Nobel Prize.

"I said, 'Well, what about the seven others? I should get a Nobel Prize for each one'. So they said, 'but if you stop Russia and Ukraine, sir, you should be able to get the Nobel'. I said I stopped seven wars. That's one war, and that's a big one," Trump stated.

He added that he had anticipated the Russia-Ukraine conflict would be simpler to resolve "because I have a good relationship with President Putin, disappointed in him, but I do. I thought that would be the easiest one, but we'll get it done one way or the other."