In an interview to Fox News, US President Donald Trump on Friday said him talking to India and Pakistan and bringing them from a brink is a "bigger success" than he will ever be given credit for, adding that there was "great hatred" among the two countries and the tensions had escalated to a point where the next phase would have been "nuclear".
"A bigger success than I'll ever be given credit for. Those are major nuclear powers. Those are not like a little bit, and they were angry," Trump in the interview.
The US president was asked about the "couple of foreign policy successes" before his trip to the Middle East, when he picked up the phone and called India and Pakistan. Trump replied, "I did, ya".
"And the next phase was probably, did you see where it was getting? It was tit for tat. It was getting deeper and more, I mean, more missiles, everyone was 'stronger, stronger', so to a point where the next one's going to be, you know what? The N word. You know the N word is, right?" Trump asked the interviewer, to which the interviewer replied "nuclear".
"It's the N word. That's a very nasty word, right? In a lot of ways. The N word used in a nuclear sense, that's the worst thing that can happen. And I think they were very close. The hatred was great. And I said, 'We're going to talk about trade. We're going to do a lot of trade'," Trump said.
Trump added that he used trade to make peace.
"India… they're one of the highest tariff nations in the world, they make it almost impossible to do business. Do you know that they're willing to cut 100% of their tariffs for the United States?" Trump said.
However, there has been no announcement from India over the issue.
Talking about a trade deal with India, Trump said, "Yeah, that'll come soon. I'm in no rush. Look, everybody wants to make a deal with us."
"South Korea wants to make a deal…but I'm not going to make deals with everybody. I'm just going to set the limit. I'll make another some deals… because I can't, you can't meet with that many people. I've got 150 countries that want to make deals," Trump said.
Trump has now claimed for the seventh time to have helped settle the tensions between India and Pakistan.
India carried out precision strikes under ' Operation Sindoor' on terror infrastructure early on May 7 in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people.
Following the Indian aggression, Pakistan attempted to attack Indian military bases on May 8, 9 and 10. The Indian forces launched a fierce counter-attack on several Pakistani military installations.
India and Pakistan reached an understanding on May 10 to end the military exchanges four days after cross-border drone and missile strikes.
On May 10, Trump had announced that India and Pakistan agreed to a "full and immediate" ceasefire after a "long night" of talks mediated by Washington.
"A bigger success than I'll ever be given credit for. Those are major nuclear powers. Those are not like a little bit, and they were angry," Trump in the interview.
The US president was asked about the "couple of foreign policy successes" before his trip to the Middle East, when he picked up the phone and called India and Pakistan. Trump replied, "I did, ya".
"And the next phase was probably, did you see where it was getting? It was tit for tat. It was getting deeper and more, I mean, more missiles, everyone was 'stronger, stronger', so to a point where the next one's going to be, you know what? The N word. You know the N word is, right?" Trump asked the interviewer, to which the interviewer replied "nuclear".
"It's the N word. That's a very nasty word, right? In a lot of ways. The N word used in a nuclear sense, that's the worst thing that can happen. And I think they were very close. The hatred was great. And I said, 'We're going to talk about trade. We're going to do a lot of trade'," Trump said.
Trump added that he used trade to make peace.
"India… they're one of the highest tariff nations in the world, they make it almost impossible to do business. Do you know that they're willing to cut 100% of their tariffs for the United States?" Trump said.
However, there has been no announcement from India over the issue.
Talking about a trade deal with India, Trump said, "Yeah, that'll come soon. I'm in no rush. Look, everybody wants to make a deal with us."
"South Korea wants to make a deal…but I'm not going to make deals with everybody. I'm just going to set the limit. I'll make another some deals… because I can't, you can't meet with that many people. I've got 150 countries that want to make deals," Trump said.
Trump has now claimed for the seventh time to have helped settle the tensions between India and Pakistan.
India carried out precision strikes under ' Operation Sindoor' on terror infrastructure early on May 7 in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people.
Following the Indian aggression, Pakistan attempted to attack Indian military bases on May 8, 9 and 10. The Indian forces launched a fierce counter-attack on several Pakistani military installations.
India and Pakistan reached an understanding on May 10 to end the military exchanges four days after cross-border drone and missile strikes.
On May 10, Trump had announced that India and Pakistan agreed to a "full and immediate" ceasefire after a "long night" of talks mediated by Washington.
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