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Trump Again Claims Tariffs Halted India–Pakistan Fighting

India rejects a U.S. role by citing DGMO talks as the basis for the May 10 ceasefire.

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
The president has repeatedly emphasised that he seeks leaders who embody a tougher, more hard-line ethos. (Photo: Reuters)
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Overview

  • Speaking at the White House, President Donald Trump said tariff leverage stopped the India–Pakistan escalation and called tariffs a U.S. peacekeeping tool.
  • Trump repeated that the rivals were "ready to go at it," asserted that several planes were shot down, and declined to detail his purported messages.
  • India maintains the truce followed direct talks between the two militaries’ Directors General of Military Operations, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying no foreign leader asked India to stop Operation Sindoor.
  • Trump has previously said he threatened to cut trade ties unless the fighting ended and claimed Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir praised his role, accounts India disputes.
  • The confrontation followed a deadly April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, after which India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 and a ceasefire was announced on May 10.