‘It is so terrible…’: As India-Pakistan tensions peak post Operation Sindoor, Trump’s remarks go viral
US President Donald Trump breaks his silence after India’s Operation Sindoor strikes on nine terror bases in Pakistan and PoK. US President Donald Trump expressed concern over the rising tensions between India and Pakistan, and offered his support to help ease the conflict. He said he was willing to step in if needed, emphasizing that he hoped both nations would stop the escalation.
“It’s so terrible,” Trump said. “I have good ties with both countries. I know them well, and I want to see them settle things peacefully. They’ve been going back and forth, and I truly hope they put an end to it now. If there’s anything I can do to help, I’m ready.”
Earlier, Trump had commented on the ongoing hostility, saying he hoped it would come to a quick end. “It’s unfortunate,” he remarked, explaining that news of the strikes reached him just as he was entering the Oval Office. “It seemed like something was expected, considering the recent events. These two countries have had issues for a long time—decades, even centuries.”
When asked if he had any specific message for the two sides, Trump simply said, “I just hope it ends soon.”
India had carried out Operation Sindoor early Wednesday, targeting nine locations linked to terror activity in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and parts of Punjab. This action was in response to the April 22 attack in Pahalgam that left 26 people dead.
Under Operation Sindoor, Indian armed forces targeted nine key locations linked to terrorist groups—four in Pakistan and five in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The operation, which lasted around 25 minutes, used precision-guided munitions to strike the camps and facilities of groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), aiming to disrupt their infrastructure and planning capabilities.
Immediately after the strikes, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval reached out to his counterparts across major global powers to share India’s reasoning behind the action. He briefed U.S. NSA Marco Rubio, UK’s Jonathan Powell, Saudi Arabia’s Musaid Al Aiban, UAE’s Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed and Ali Al Shamsi, Russia’s Sergei Shoigu, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, France’s Emmanuel Bonne, and Japan’s Masataka Okano.
In parallel, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held conversations with his counterparts from Japan, Germany, France, and Spain, providing further details on India’s operations targeting terror networks in Pakistan and PoK.
Commenting earlier on reports of the Indian missile strikes, Trump urged restraint, saying, “No one wants to see two powerful nations go down that path. The world needs peace, not more violence.”
He noted that the long history of conflict between India and Pakistan made the developments less surprising. “They’ve been in conflict for decades—centuries, really, when you look at the history,” Trump said. He concluded with a hopeful message: “I just want this to end as soon as possible.”
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