Overview
- In a Fox News interview and at a White House meeting, President Trump repeated that he halted the May 2025 flare‑up "in rapid order" and said eight jets were shot down.
- He asserted that Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif publicly thanked him and credited him with saving at least ten million lives.
- New Delhi maintains the de‑escalation followed Operation Sindoor and direct military contacts, including a May 10 DGMO-to-DGMO call requesting a halt.
- The exchange was triggered by the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians, followed by four days of cross‑border drone and missile strikes ending with a May 10 understanding.
- Trump folded the episode into a broader claim of settling eight wars and pressed his case for a Nobel Peace Prize, statements not independently corroborated.