In yet another international address, US President Donald Trump repeated his long-standing assertion about intervening in the India–Pakistan conflict. Speaking at the US–Saudi Investment Forum, Trump claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally phoned him to assure that India would not go to war with Pakistan – moments after Trump allegedly threatened both nations with a 350% tariff.
According to Trump, this was not the first time he reiterated the story. Since the May 10 ceasefire between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, he has repeated the claim more than sixty times, insisting that his intervention – not direct diplomacy between Delhi and Islamabad – brought the ceasefire into effect. However, India maintains that the agreement was reached bilaterally with Pakistan, without any US mediation.
TRUMP’S VERSION OF THE INDIA–PAKISTAN CRISIS
Despite inconsistencies in the number – with tariff references shifting from 200% to 350% over the months – Trump once again narrated a detailed version of events leading up to the ceasefire. Addressing the audience at the forum, which was also attended by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Trump claimed he warned both sides that they could continue fighting, but each would face a crippling 350% tariff from the United States.
Trump alleged that both Pakistan and India urged him not to impose such a tariff. He said he responded: “I’m going to do it. If you want it reduced, come back to me. But I am not going to let you fire nuclear weapons at each other, kill millions, and send nuclear fallout over Los Angeles.”
The US President said he instructed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that he was fully prepared to impose the 350% tariff on both countries.
Trump claimed the first call he received was from Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who allegedly thanked him for preventing a nuclear war and “saving millions of lives.”
He then claimed that PM Modi called him shortly afterward. “We’re done,” Trump said Modi told him. “Done with what?” Trump asked. “We are not going to go to war,” Modi supposedly replied – a line Trump repeated to the audience while describing the conversation.
Trump added that he thanked PM Modi – whom he has alternately described as both a “killer” and the “nicest-looking guy” – before proposing, “Let’s make a deal.”
VIDEO | Washington DC: US President Donald Trump (@POTUS) again claims he stopped an India–Pakistan nuclear conflict by threatening both nations with a 350% tariff. “India and Pakistan were going to go at it with nuclear weapons,” Trump says. pic.twitter.com/PQ7TtRHecr – Press Trust of India (@PTI_News), November 20, 2025
INDIA’S RESPONSE TO TRUMP’S ASSERTIONS
During a bilateral meeting with the Saudi Crown Prince at the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump once again claimed he played a decisive role in ending the India–Pakistan conflict.
The escalation began after the Pahalgam terror attack on May 7, which claimed 26 lives. In response, India launched Operation Sindoor, striking nine terror camps deep inside Pakistani territory.
However, India has consistently refuted Trump’s claims of direct involvement. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar stated in Parliament earlier this year that PM Modi and Trump did not speak on the phone during the conflict. Instead, he clarified that US Vice President JD Vance had informed PM Modi of an impending “massive Pakistani attack.”
“There was no trade linkage in any conversation, and there was no phone call between the Prime Minister and President Trump during the crisis,” Jaishankar added, firmly dismissing Trump’s repeated claims.
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