Trump repeats claim he stopped India-Pak war | India News

LONDON: US President Donald Trump repeated his claim at a press convention at Chequers, the UK PM’s official nation retreat, that his intervention had stopped the temporary India-Pakistan battle earlier this yr, a claim refuted umpteen instances by India.Trump, talking on the ultimate day of his state go to to Britain, stated he personally had stopped seven wars since coming to energy. “Most were not thought to be settleable but we did India, we did Pakistan, two nuclear powers. That was purely for trade. We told them if you want to trade with us, you will have to get along, and they were going at it hot and heavy,” he stated. He added he felt “let down” by Russian President Vladimir Putin that he couldn’t add the war in Ukraine to that record.“If the price of oil comes down, Putin will have no choice but to drop out of that war,” he stated as he and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to ramp up the strain on Putin. “When I found out that the European nations were buying oil from Russia, I am very close to India and to the PM of India, I wished him a Happy Birthday the other day, we have a very good relationship, but I sanctioned them (India). I am willing to do other things, but not when the people I am fighting for are buying oil from Russia. That’s not playing fair with the USA,” he stated.He additionally stated the US is making an attempt to get Bagram airbase again from Afghanistan as it’s in a strategic place an hour away from the place China makes nuclear weapons. “We were supposed to leave with strength and dignity and keep Bagram,” he stated.On Gaza, Trump stated he opposed a Palestinian state while Hamas nonetheless had Israeli hostages, calling it some extent of disagreement with Starmer.The pair had earlier held bilateral talks, attended a enterprise reception and toured the Winston Churchill Archives. Trump is an enormous Churchill fan.US tech and finance giants have introduced £150 billion (Rs 17.2 lakh crore) in investments within the UK, creating 7,600 jobs to coincide with the state go to, together with plans to construct within the UK the most important AI supercomputer in Europe.The First Lady and Queen Camilla regarded round Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House at Windsor Castle, the most important dolls’ home on this planet, designed by Edwin Lutyens. It incorporates a completely stocked wine cellar, working lifts, working water and a miniature library with 200 unique works hand-written by well-known writers. Melania notably appreciated “The Gruffalo”.At the state banquet on Wednesday, Trump hailed the British Empire laying the foundations of “law, liberty, free speech and individual rights virtually everywhere the Union Jack has ever flown”.“Together, we’ve done more good for humanity than any two countries in all of history,” he stated.