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US President Donald Trump on Sunday yet again took credit for stopping conflicts around the world, including the recent one between India and Pakistan.
This comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the Lok Sabha that the decision on cessation of action on the western front after hitting identified terror targets was not influenced by any “leader anywhere in the world".
“No leader anywhere in the world asked India to stop its operation,” Modi said, responding to the marathon debate during which the opposition repeatedly asked why the US President announced the “ceasefire” and his subsequent statements, claiming credit for ending the May hostilities between India and Pakistan.
PM Modi had reiterated that the action ended on May 10, only when the Pakistan Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) called his Indian counterpart seeking an end to military action after having taken “enough hits".
Since May 10, when Trump announced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire after a “long night” of talks mediated by Washington, he has repeated his claim on several occasions.
Trump's latest claim comes days after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for ending several conflicts around the world including the one between India and Pakistan.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rebuttal could not make United States President Donald Trump stop claiming credit for the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reiterated that no foreign leader had a role in halting the cross-border military flare-up.
On Sunday, in a post on Truth Social, Trump slammed radio host and author Charlamagne Tha God, and said he (God) knows nothing about him or what he has done, “like just ending 5 Wars, including a 31 year bloodbath between Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, where Seven Million people have died, and there was no end in sight.”
“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 said.
Just a day earlier, Trump said in an interview on Newsmax that he has settled a lot of wars.
“You take a look at what's happened just over the last little while. We've settled a lot of, a lot of very beautiful wars have been settled… One of the wars India, Pakistan, nuclear,” Trump said adding that he settled conflict between Thailand and Cambodia as well as Congo and Rwanda.
“I settled that up. And I settled it up with trade. I settled a lot of them with trade. I said ‘listen, you guys are going to fight. You can fight all you want. I mean, just fight your hearts out. But we're not doing a trade deal’.
“All of a sudden they end up not doing a war. I settled a lot of wars. I think I settled averaging about a war a month. But, you know, we're saving millions of lives,” he said.
Trump on Wednesday announced the imposition of a 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming from India starting August 1, plus an unspecified penalty for buying Russian crude oil and military equipment.
(With PTI inputs)