Trump Claims Credit for Mediating Global Conflicts, Including India-Pakistan

Washington, D.C.: U.S. President Donald Trump has asserted that under his leadership, the United States is “respected like never before” on the global stage, citing peace agreements and the resolution of international conflicts — including between India and Pakistan.

Speaking at the American Cornerstone Institute Founder’s Dinner on Saturday, Trump reiterated his long-standing claim that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for “ending seven wars” and for using trade leverage to prevent further escalation.

“On the world stage, we are once again doing things that we have never been respected for before. We are forging peace agreements, and we are stopping wars. We stopped wars between India and Pakistan, Thailand and Cambodia,” Trump said.

The President added that his administration used economic pressure as a negotiating tool:

“Like with India, I said, ‘We’re not going to do any trade if you’re going to fight and you have nuclear weapons.’ They stopped.”

Trump listed conflicts he claimed to have helped defuse, including disputes between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Kosovo and Serbia, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Rwanda and the Congo, adding that “60 per cent of them were stopped because of trade.”

He further argued that his record already merits multiple Nobel recognitions:

“I was told if I could stop Russia and Ukraine, I should get the Nobel Prize. I said, ‘Well, what about the seven others? I should get one for each.’”

India’s Response

Trump has, since May 10, maintained that Washington facilitated a “full and immediate” ceasefire between India and Pakistan after a “long night” of mediated talks. However, New Delhi has consistently rejected any notion of third-party intervention.

On May 10, India’s then Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri clarified that the de-escalation followed a direct conversation between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan, with no foreign mediation involved.

The developments came against the backdrop of Operation Sindoor, launched by India on May 7 in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 civilians. Prime Minister Narendra Modi later told Parliament that “no foreign leader requested India to halt the operation.”