U.S. President Donald Trump has repeated his assertion that helium solved the India-Pakistan struggle earlier this year with commercialized and asserted that he should get the Nobel Peace Prize for "ending 7 wars".
Since May 10, erstwhile Mr. Trump announced connected societal media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire aft a “long night” of talks mediated by Washington, helium has repeated his assertion implicit 40 times that helium “helped settle” the tensions betwixt India and Pakistan.
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India has consistently denied immoderate third-party intervention.
"On the satellite stage, we are erstwhile again doing things that we are conscionable respected astatine a level that we person ne'er been respected before. We are forging bid agreements, and we are stopping wars. So we stopped wars betwixt India and Pakistan, Thailand and Cambodia," Mr. Trump said astatine the American Cornerstone Institute Founder's Dinner connected Saturday (September 20, 2025).
He went connected to say, "Think of India and Pakistan. Think of that. And you cognize however I stopped that — with trade. They privation to trade. And I person large respect for some leaders. But erstwhile you instrumentality a look astatine each of these wars that we've stopped." "Just look astatine that. India, Pakistan, Thailand, Cambodia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kosovo and Serbia, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, Rwanda and the Congo. We stopped each of them. And 60% of them were stopped due to the fact that of trade," the U.S. President claimed.
He added that "like with India, I said, 'look, we're not going to bash immoderate commercialized if you're going to combat and they person atomic weapons. They stopped." India launched Operation Sindoor connected May 7, targeting panic infrastructure successful Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir successful retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians.
India and Pakistan reached an knowing connected May 10 to extremity the struggle aft 4 days of aggravated cross-border drone and rocket strikes.
India has been consistently maintaining that the knowing connected cessation of hostilities with Pakistan was reached pursuing nonstop talks betwixt the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the 2 militaries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the Parliament during the monsoon session had said that nary person of immoderate state asked India to halt Operation Sindoor. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had besides said determination was nary third-party involution successful bringing astir a ceasefire with Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.
Mr. Trump said helium was told that if helium could halt the conflict betwixt Russia and Ukraine, helium should get the Nobel Prize.
"I said, 'Well, what astir the 7 others? I should get a Nobel Prize for each one'. So they said, 'but if you halt Russia and Ukraine, sir, you should beryllium capable to get the Nobel'. I said I stopped 7 wars. That's 1 war, and that's a large one," Mr. Trump said.
He added that helium had thought the Russia-Ukraine struggle would beryllium casual to resoluteness "because I person a bully narration with President Putin, disappointed successful him, but I do. I thought that would beryllium the easiest one, but we'll get it done 1 mode oregon the other."
