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'Saved 30 to 50 million lives': Trump repeats India-Pakistan ceasefire claim amid war with Iran
Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the 3-day India-Pakistan conflict was ended by him, though India has repeatedly denied the claim.
US President Donald Trump on Monday again claimed that he ended the India-Pakistan war, saying that he saved 30 to 50 million lives, amid the ongoing war with Iran that has been going on for 6 weeks.
The India-Pakistan conflict in May last year escalated when New Delhi conducted Operation Sindoor in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, targeting terrorists deep inside Pakistan's territory. Trump has repeatedly claimed that the 3-day conflict was ended by him, though India has repeatedly denied the claim.
“I ended 8 wars, including India and Pakistan, so much so that the Prime Minister of Pakistan told me that I saved 30 to 50 million lives,” Trump said in the press conference at the White House.
He repeated the claim a second time in the same press conference, saying that he stopped 8 wars, including the India-Pakistan conflict, and lamented again about not winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
“We have one more to end by the way,” Trump said, though he did not specify if the war in Iran, Ukraine or another global conflict was on his radar.
Donald Trump grumbles about lack of support on Iran war
Donald Trump also continued to grumble about NATO allies’ refusal to get involved in reopening the Strait of Hormuz and their hesitance to assist US offensive operations against Iran.
But as he wrapped up his lengthy news conference Monday, he also fumed about the lack of support from Pacific allies.
“You know who else didn’t help us? South Korea didn’t help us. You know who else didn’t help us? Australia didn’t help us. You know who else didn’t help us? Japan. We’ve got 50,000 soldiers in Japan to protect them from North Korea. We have 45,000 soldiers in South Korea to protect us from Kim Jong Un, who I get along with very well,” Trump said.
He described the consequences that Iran would face if it didn’t reach a deal with the US by his 8 PM ET Tuesday deadline.
“We have a plan, because of the power of our military, where every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12 o’clock tomorrow night,” Trump said during his Monday news conference.
Power plants in Iran, he continued, would be “burning, exploding and never to be used again.”
Trump refused to say whether any civilian targets would be off limits in the U.S. response.
