Trump Again Claims He Stopped India-Pakistan Conflict

Article by Satya Published on: 7:19 am, 23 September 2026

US President Donald Trump has once again claimed that he was responsible for stopping the India-Pakistan conflict, this time making the claim in front of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly.

Trump listed India and Pakistan among the eight conflicts he said he had helped settle since taking office and said his special relationships, trade and even the threat of tariffs helped him achieve these settlements. He also claimed that Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had thanked him for saving millions of lives.

This is not the first time Trump has made such a claim. Since the May 2025 India-Pakistan military conflict ended with a ceasefire, Trump has repeatedly said that Washington played a key role in bringing the two sides together.

In July 2025, he again said that India and Pakistan stopped fighting after his administration linked the situation to trade and warned that the US would not proceed with trade discussions if the fighting continued. He has repeated the same version on several occasions since then.

India, however, has consistently rejected the suggestion that the ceasefire was brokered by the US. New Delhi has maintained that the understanding to stop military action came through direct communication between the Indian and Pakistani military leaderships.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also told Trump that there was no discussion about US mediation or any India-US trade deal being linked to the ceasefire. The Indian government had earlier also made it clear that trade did not come up in the discussions.

India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh later rejected the suggestion that India stopped its military operations because of outside pressure, saying the country had achieved its political and military objectives.

Despite India’s position, Trump has continued to present the India-Pakistan ceasefire as one of his major diplomatic achievements. His latest remarks at the UN show that he remains consistent with the version he has been repeating since May 2025.