NEW DELHI: Former U.S. President Donald Trump has once again claimed credit for brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, as well as resolving multiple other international conflicts. In a post on Truth Social on Sunday, Trump asserted that he had “just ended 5 wars,” including a decades-long conflict between the Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, which he said had caused the deaths of seven million people.
Responding to radio host and author Charlamagne Tha God, Trump criticized him for not acknowledging his claimed accomplishments. “He didn’t know that, or India and Pakistan, or wiping out Iran’s nuclear capabilities, or closing the horrendous open border, or creating the greatest economy,” Trump wrote.
Speaking to Newsmax a day earlier, Trump elaborated on his supposed role in preventing global conflicts. “One of the wars—India, Pakistan, nuclear,” he said. He also named conflicts in Thailand and Cambodia, as well as Congo and Rwanda, attributing their resolution to U.S. trade leverage under his administration. “I said, ‘You guys are going to fight? Fine. But we’re not doing a trade deal.’ And all of a sudden, they stop fighting.”
Trump went on to say, “I settled a lot of wars. I think I averaged about a war a month. We’re saving millions of lives.”
Backing these claims, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt recently stated that Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts. She listed several alleged ceasefires facilitated by Trump, including those between Israel and Iran, India and Pakistan, Serbia and Kosovo, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Thailand and Cambodia. According to her, Trump has “brokered, on average, about one peace deal or ceasefire per month” during his current six-month term in office.
However, officials in India have strongly denied any U.S. involvement in the recent ceasefire along the India-Pakistan border. Speaking in Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made it clear that no foreign leader influenced India’s actions following the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which left 26 dead. India responded with Operation Sindoor, a military campaign against militant camps across the Line of Control.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar also rejected Trump’s claims, stating unequivocally that “there was no third-party intervention” in any ceasefire decision. “Prime Minister Modi and President Trump had no contact between April 22, when the Pahalgam attack occurred, and June 16,” Jaishankar said in the Rajya Sabha, dismissing any connection between diplomatic efforts and trade negotiations.
