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U.S. President Donald Trump repeated the assertion that helium stopped the warfare betwixt India and Pakistan past year, which helium said could person turned nuclear, done tariffs.
"I settled 8 wars. Of the 8 wars, astatine slightest six were settled due to the fact that of tariffs. In different words, I said, ‘if you don't settee this war, I'm going to complaint you tariffs, due to the fact that I don't privation to spot radical getting killed,” Mr. Trump said successful an interrogation to Fox Business Tuesday (February 10, 2026).
"And they said, ‘Well, what does this person to do?’ I said, ‘you're going to beryllium charged’. Like India and Pakistan. It would person been a atomic war, successful my opinion. They were truly going astatine it, 10 planes were changeable down. They were going astatine it,” Mr. Trump said.
He added that the Prime Minister of Pakistan said, ‘President Trump saved astatine slightest 10 cardinal lives erstwhile helium got america to halt fighting’. Because they were going to spell nuclear, [in] my opinion. Without tariffs, that wouldn't happen,” Mr. Trump said.
Mr. Trump has claimed recognition for stopping the India-Pakistan struggle much than 80 times since May 10 past year, erstwhile helium announced connected societal media that the 2 neighbours had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire aft talks mediated by Washington.
India has consistently denied immoderate third-party intervention.
India launched Operation Sindoor connected May 7 past year, targeting panic infrastructure successful Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir successful retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians.
