Trump claims peace role in India-Pak conflict, demands Nobel
US President Donald Trump used the UN stage on Tuesday to reiterate his claim that he prevented a war between India and Pakistan — one of seven conflicts he says he “ended” since taking office in January. He argued that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize “for each one,” though added that saving thousands of lives mattered more to him than the award itself.
India, however, has consistently maintained that it wound down Operation Sindoor on its own initiative, following a request from Pakistan, and not due to US pressure. Analysts have linked this firm stance to Trump’s decision to impose harsh trade tariffs on New Delhi.
Islamabad, in contrast, backed Trump’s mediation narrative and even pushed for him to receive the Nobel Prize. Yet Pakistan’s deputy prime minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar, recently acknowledged in an interview that Washington itself confirmed India’s opposition to any third-party involvement.
The hostilities in question began in May after India struck back for a terror attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam. Trump has insisted that his administration used trade leverage to prevent the crisis from escalating into a nuclear confrontation.
Trump’s tally of conflicts he claims to have resolved has fluctuated — at times six, then eleven, and now back to seven — depending on his interpretation of “ending a war.” At the UN General Assembly, he listed among them disputes involving India-Pakistan, Israel-Iran, Egypt-Sudan, Rwanda-DRC, Armenia-Azerbaijan, and Cambodia-Thailand. “It’s unfortunate that I had to take these steps instead of the United Nations doing so,” Trump remarked.
