New Delhi: United States President Donald Trump once again claimed credit for preventing a conflict between India and Pakistan, including averting what he described as a potential nuclear war. At the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on February 5, he asserted that over the past year he had “ended eight raging wars”, the New Indian Express reported. Trump listed among them the India-Pakistan confrontation alongside conflicts such as Cambodia-Thailand and Israel-Iran.

Trump reiterated these claims later the same day in a post on his social platform, Truth Social, saying the US, bolstered by its rebuilt military and expanded capabilities, had stopped nuclear wars “from breaking out across the world” – including between Pakistan and India.

This is not the first time the US president has made such assertions: he has repeated versions of this claim more than 90 times since May 2025, the Hindu reported on Friday. The claims include India and Pakistan agreeing to a “full and immediate” ceasefire after “Washington-mediated talks” that went on for a “long night”. The claim also recently surfaced in a national security document in which he sought to explain his foreign policy.

At other times, Trump has said that ending these conflicts saved “millions of lives”, Outlook reported, citing PTI. He has also linked his claims to trade and tariff diplomacy, even suggesting he merited a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.

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However, New Delhi has consistently rejected the notion of third-party mediation in its relations with Pakistan, stating that the cessation of hostilities was reached through direct bilateral engagement rather than external intervention.

India’s position reflects its long-standing policy that issues with Pakistan must be resolved bilaterally. Trump’s repeated claims have drawn political responses in India, and mixed views from the public as well. Opposition leaders have questioned New Delhi’s silence on the issue – especially since Trump had posted the news of the ceasefire ending Operation Sindoor on his Truth Social handle before India could.

On Friday, Congress general secretary in charge of communications and former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said, “his [Prime Minister Narendra Modi's] good friend in Washington DC” is fast moving to the century mark of saying that he had intervened to halt Op Sindoor on May 10, 2025,” Deccan Herald reported.

In evident disregard for the diplomatic sensitivity around taking credit, Trump also recently announced what he said was a trade deal between India and the US, even including specific claims about what New Delhi has committed to do, though the nature and details of the discussions are yet to be fully revealed by the Indian government.

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