Trump repeats India-Pakistan ceasefire claim after Modi’s denial in Parliament

US President Donald Trump once again claimed credit on Sunday for helping end global conflicts, including a recent flare-up between India and Pakistan.

Since May 10 — when Trump posted on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire after what he described as a long night of talks led by Washington — he has repeatedly asserted that he played a key role in de-escalating tensions.

Trump’s latest remarks came shortly after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the former president deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating several global disputes, including the India-Pakistan issue.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump lashed out at radio host Charlamagne Tha God, saying the host knows little about him or his achievements, “like ending five wars, including a 31-year-long conflict between the Republic of the Congo and Rwanda that claimed seven million lives.” He also referred to the India-Pakistan ceasefire, claims of dismantling Iran’s nuclear ambitions, securing the U.S. southern border, and reviving the economy.

Just a day earlier, in an interview on Newsmax, Trump claimed he had resolved numerous conflicts during his time in office. “We’ve settled a lot of very serious wars,” he said, pointing to the India-Pakistan standoff — which he emphasized involved nuclear powers — as well as tensions between Thailand and Cambodia, and between Congo and Rwanda.

Trump explained that many of these conflicts were resolved using trade as leverage. “I told them — go ahead and fight if you want, but we’re not doing any trade deals,” he said. “And suddenly, they backed off. I think I was settling around a war a month,” he added, claiming this helped save millions of lives.

Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Trump announced a 25% tariff on all Indian goods starting August 1, along with an additional penalty over India’s purchase of Russian oil and military supplies. For Pakistan, the tariff rate was set at 19%, lower than the 29% previously declared in April. Trump also claimed to have finalized a trade deal with Pakistan and expressed interest in developing the country’s vast oil reserves.

At a White House briefing on Thursday, Press Secretary Leavitt reiterated Trump’s claims, stating he had ended conflicts between Thailand and Cambodia, Israel and Iran, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, India and Pakistan, Serbia and Kosovo, and Egypt and Ethiopia. She said Trump had brokered nearly one peace deal or ceasefire every month during his six-month term and argued that he should be recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize.

Since his initial May 10 announcement, Trump has repeated his claim nearly 30 times that he persuaded India and Pakistan to de-escalate by promising trade incentives if they ceased hostilities.

However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Parliament this week that no foreign leader had influenced India’s decision to halt Operation Sindoor, which was launched in response to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar also firmly rejected Trump’s claims, stating there was no third-party mediation during Operation Sindoor and that the ceasefire decision was not connected to any trade negotiations. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha during a special discussion on the operation, Jaishankar confirmed there were no phone conversations between Modi and Trump between April 22 and June 16.