US President Donald Trump again repeated a claim on Wednesday that he has made many times this year. He said he reduced tensions between India and Pakistan by using trade pressure. He also said he threatened both nations with 350 per cent tariffs to stop a conflict.

Trump added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi later called him to say "we're not going to go to war" after he made this threat.

Trump Explains His Version of Events

Donald Trump has repeated more than 60 times that he “helped settle” the tensions between India and Pakistan in May. India has firmly denied that any foreign country played a role.

Speaking at the US-Saudi Investment Forum, Trump said, "…I'm good at settling disputes, and I've always been."
He claimed he discussed several global conflicts and said, "India, Pakistan... they were going to go at it, nuclear weapons."

Trump said he told both countries they “can go at it, but I'm putting a 350 per cent tariff on each country. No more trade with the United States.”

According to him, India and Pakistan urged him not to take this step. He said he replied, "I'm going to do it. Come back to me and I'll take it down. But I'm not going to have you guys shooting nuclear weapons at each other, killing millions of people and having the nuclear dust floating over Los Angeles. I'm not going to do it'."

Trump Says He Was Ready to Impose Tariffs

Trump claimed he was prepared to issue the tariffs. He said he told Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that he would impose the 350 per cent rate to stop the conflict. He added that if the situation calmed down, the US would work on a “nice trade deal” with both countries.

He said, "Now, no other president would have done that… I used tariffs to settle all these wars, not all of them. Five of the eight were settled because of the economy, because of trade, because of tariffs."
Trump concluded, "I did this."

Trump Mentions Calls From Sharif and Modi

Trump also claimed that Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called him to thank him “in front of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles” for preventing a major conflict.

He said he later received a call from Modi. According to Trump, Modi said, "we're done." Trump said he asked what he meant. Modi replied, "We're not going to go to war."

Trump said he thanked Modi and replied, "Let's make a deal."

He added that he had saved “millions of people” in many other conflicts as well. He noted that he made the same India-Pakistan claim a day earlier in the Oval Office during a meeting with the Saudi Crown Prince.

Trump Has Repeated the Claim Over 60 Times

On May 10, Trump announced on social media that India and Pakistan had reached a “full and immediate” ceasefire after what he described as a “long night” of talks led by Washington. Since then, he has repeated the claim more than 60 times.

India Rejects Any Talk Of Mediation

India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 after the Pahalgam attack killed 26 civilians. The operation targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

New Delhi has consistently denied that any foreign mediation took place. It says both countries agreed to stop firing on May 10 after direct talks between their Directors General of Military Operations (DGMO). India says Pakistan requested these talks first.

India has also repeated that Operation Sindoor was a direct response to terrorism and had nothing to do with any external intervention.