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NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump connected Thursday erstwhile again boasted astir his tariff-centred attack to bid negotiations. Speaking astatine an lawsuit of his self-styled UN-like body, the "Board of Peace," helium referred to the India-Pakistan subject tensions of May 2025 and claimed helium had threatened to enforce "200 per cent tariff" connected some countries if they had continued fighting.His remarks came successful the beingness of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who attended the Board of Peace event.Trump praised his ain relation and cited Sharif’s connection arsenic validation of his bid efforts. He besides claimed helium had saved 25 cardinal lives erstwhile helium "stopped war" betwixt the 2 nuclear-armed nations, saying the "war was raging."At the Board of Peace event, US President Donald Trump said, "...He (Pakistani PM) said successful beforehand of our Chief of Staff that President Trump saved 25 cardinal lives erstwhile helium stopped the warfare betwixt america and India...That
war was raging. Planes were being changeable down. And I got connected the telephone with some of them, and I knew them a small bit. I knew Prime Minister Modi precise well...I called them and I said, listen, I'm not doing commercialized deals with you 2 guys if you don't settee this up.
.. And each of a sudden, we worked retired a deal. I said, if you fight, I'm going to enactment 200 per cent tariffs connected each of your countries. They some wanted to fight. But erstwhile it came to money, it's thing similar money.
When it came to losing a batch of money, they said, I conjecture we don't privation to fight...11 jets were changeable down. Very costly jets..."
Trump delivered these remarks astatine the archetypal gathering of the Board of Peace, his inaugural aimed astatine promoting planetary peace. Invitations for rank were sent to respective countries, including India.Pakistan instantly joined the Trump-led "Board of Peace." Islamabad has besides aligned itself with Trump’s narrative. Its service main Asim Munir and PM Sharif person earlier nominated Trump for the Nobel Prize, acknowledging his claimed efforts for peace.India, however, has distanced itself from Trump’s claims of mediation successful easing tensions betwixt India and Pakistan pursuing Operation Sindoor.Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
had clarified that nary overseas powerfulness mediated the India-Pakistan subject concern of May 2025.
