Donald Trump repeats claim on US helping settle tensions between India, Pakistan
United States President Donald Trump on Friday reiterated his claim of helping settle the tensions between India and Pakistan, stating that his talks with both nations were a “bigger success” than he will be given credit for.
In an interview to Fox News, Trump claimed New Delhi and Islamabad harboured “great hatred” toward each other and tensions had escalated to the point where a nuclear conflict seemed possible.
Since May 10, this is the seventh time that Trump has claimed that the US brokered the ceasefire between India and Pakistan – an assertion that India has pushed back against.
India has maintained that “the issue of trade did not come up” in any discussion between Indian and US leaders.
Besides, India’s External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Tuesday also said military action from India’s side was “entirely in the conventional domain” in response to Trump’s speculation about nuclear war.
Despite this, Trump on Friday said: “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?” he asked. “You know the N word is, right?”
The interviewer replied: “Nuclear”.
On May 10, Indian Foreign Secretary...
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