U.S. President Donald Trump has mentioned his speaking to India and Pakistan and bringing them again from the brink is a “bigger success” than he’ll ever be given credit for, saying there was “great hatred” among the many two nations and tensions received to a degree the place the following part was in all probability “nuclear”.
“A bigger success than I’ll ever be given credit for. Those are major nuclear powers. Those are not like a little bit, and they were angry,” Mr. Trump mentioned in an interview to Fox News on Friday (May 16, 2025).
India-Pakistan ceasefire LIVE: Bigger success than I’ll ever be given credit for, says Trump
Mr. Trump was requested concerning the “couple of foreign policy successes” earlier than his journey to the Middle East, when he picked up the cellphone and referred to as India and Pakistan. Mr. Trump replied, “I did, ya”. The interviewer mentioned that was a success.
“And the next phase was probably, did you see where it was getting? It was tit for tat. It was getting deeper and more, I mean, more missiles, everyone was ‘stronger, stronger’, so to a point where the next one’s going to be, you know what? The N word. You know the N word is, right?” Mr. Trump requested the interviewer, to which he replied “nuclear”.
“It’s the N word. That’s a very nasty word, right? In a lot of ways. The N word used in a nuclear sense, that’s the worst thing that can happen. And I think they were very close. The hatred was great. And I said, ‘We’re going to talk about trade. We’re going to do a lot of trade’,” Mr. Trump mentioned.
Mr. Trump went on to say that “I’m using trade to settle scores and to make peace.”
“India… they’re one of the highest tariff nations in the world, they make it almost impossible to do business. Do you know that they’re willing to cut 100% of their tariffs for the United States?” Mr. Trump mentioned.
There has been no announcement from India over the difficulty.
When requested if the take care of India is coming quickly, Mr. Trump mentioned, “Yeah, that’ll come soon. I’m in no rush. Look, everybody wants to make a deal with us.”
“South Korea wants to make a deal…but I’m not going to make deals with everybody. I’m just going to set the limit. I’ll make another some deals… because I can’t, you can’t meet with that many people. I’ve got 150 countries that want to make deals,” Mr. Trump mentioned.
This was the seventh time in as many days that Mr. Trump repeated his declare that he “helped settle” the tensions between India and Pakistan.
India carried out precision strikes beneath ‘Operation Sindoor’ on terror infrastructure early on May 7 in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault that killed 26 individuals.
Following the Indian motion, Pakistan tried to assault Indian navy bases on May 8, 9 and 10. The Indian forces launched a fierce counter-attack on a number of Pakistani navy installations.
India and Pakistan reached an understanding on May 10 to finish the navy confrontation after 4 days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes.
On May 10, Mr. Trump had introduced that India and Pakistan agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire after a “long night” of talks mediated by Washington.
Published – May 17, 2025 10:21 am IST
