United States President Donald Trump has once again asserted that he played a crucial role in preventing India and Pakistan from going to war in 2025, claiming that he averted a major escalation in the cross-border conflict between the two nuclear-armed nations by threatening the two sides with trade tariffs as high as 250 per cent.

Addressing a campaign rally in Florida on Friday (local time) ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, he reiterated his claim that he had "settled" eight "wars."

"You stop India and Pakistan. Two nuclear [nations]—you stopped them. There I did on trade. I said, 'Fellas, if you guys are going to do that, you're not going to trade with the United States and make a lot of money. And I'm going to put massive tariffs on both of you, 250%, so you won't be able to do any business.' And they got very upset, very angry, and they stopped shooting, and the war was over," Trump stated.

He also used the occasion to once again express frustration over not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for his supposed diplomatic achievements. "Did I get the Nobel Prize? No," he remarked.

While Trump has repeatedly claimed that he brought the armed hostilities between India and Pakistan to a halt in the aftermath of the deadly Pahalgam terror attack last year, New Delhi has consistently denied any third-party intervention.

India maintains that the ceasefire between India and Pakistan during Operation Sindoor came after Pakistan's Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) requested his Indian counterpart to halt military action.

Operation Sindoor was launched by India on May 7 last year. Terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir were targeted by Indian forces as part of the military operation.

Key terror launchpads were hit in the Indian strikes. The operation was paused on May 10 after India received Pakistan's request.

Source: ANI