Love Pak, stopped war with India: Trump persists with claim after PM factcheck

United States President Donald Trump once again reiterated his claim of stopping war between India and Pakistan after Prime Minister Narendra Modi fact-checked him."I stopped a war between Pakistan [and India]. I love Pakistan," he further said. Modi is a fantastic man. I spoke to him last night," he said while speaking with the reporters.Earlier, PM Modi had told the US President that India has never accepted mediation, does not accept it, and will never do so in the future.advertisement
He further reiterated his trade deal plans with India. "We are going to make a trade deal with Modi of India. But I stopped a war between Pakistan and India."Trump went on to praise Pakistan's army chief Asif Munir and PM Modi and said that they were extremely influential."This man [Munir] was extremely influential in stopping war from Pakistani side, Modi from the other side. They were going at it and they are both nuclear countries...I stopped a war between two major nuclear nations but I don't think I have a story written about it," he said.After nearly 14 claims of the US brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, PM Modi gave a no-nonsense response to Donald Trump, countering the US's ceasefire mediation narrative. In a 35-minute-long phone conversation with Trump on Wednesday, Modi clarified that the US had no role in brokering the ceasefire between India and Pakistan. He also said there was no discussion on a US-India trade deal during hostilities.The call focused on the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam and India's response. Modi explained India's shift in counter-terror policy and invited Trump to the upcoming Quad Summit in India.Tune InMust Watch

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