Biden moment? Trump fumbles on India, Iran; reiterates tariff claim — Watch

NEW DELHI: In a striking echo of his predecessor, US PresidentDonald Trump connected Wednesday made an embarrassing gaffe arsenic helium confused India with Iran. Twice. While repeating his rant astir negotiating a ceasefire betwixt New Delhi and Islamabad, helium referred to India arsenic Iran, calling it a atomic nation.Trump claimed helium threatened some nations with 200% tariffs if the struggle blew up into a full-fledged war."If you look astatine

Pakistan

and Iran -- I told them I was successful the midst of negotiating a commercialized woody with Iran and Pakistan, and due to the fact that of tariffs, they wanted to negociate overmuch differently. I heard they were shooting astatine each other, and past I said during 1 of my conversations, "Are you guys going to spell to war?” I said, 'Here’s a woody — you spell to war, and I gotta enactment a 200% tariff and halt you from doing immoderate concern successful the United States'.

I said this to some of them, and wrong 24 hours, the warfare ended.

That would person been a

nuclear war

."

Trump continues to stroke a "ceasefire" trumpet contempt India rejecting his claims and

PM Modi

firmly stating successful Parliament that nary planetary person asked India to halt the attack. Sharing caller details astir India's

Operation Sindoor

successful Lok Sabha, PM Modi said that US Vice President JD Vance had called him connected May 9, to pass him astir a 'huge' impending onslaught by Pakistan.

"On the nighttime of 9th May, the Vice President of America tried to speech to me. He tried for an hour, but I was successful a gathering with my army, truthful I could not prime up his call. Later, I called him back. The Vice President of America told maine connected the telephone that Pakistan is going to motorboat a large attack. My reply was that if Pakistan has this intention, it volition outgo them a lot. If Pakistan attacks, we volition respond by launching a large attack. This was my answer," PM Modi told the Lower House.He further said that nary person anyplace successful the satellite had asked India to halt its response, saying, “no planetary person urged India to halt the operation.”“Operation Sindoor has not been called disconnected yet and Pakistan remains connected notice,” Modi said, adding that the neighbour's atomic bluff has been called and India would not succumb to atomic blackmail.