'350% Tariff To Settle That War': Trump Repeats Mediation Claim On India-Pakistan Conflict

Last Updated:November 20, 2025, 08:49 IST

Donald Trump has repeated his claim that he stopped India and Pakistan from entering a nuclear conflict by threatening both with a 350 per cent trade tariff.

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Donald Trump has again claimed that he personally stopped India and Pakistan from entering a nuclear conflict by threatening both nations with massive trade penalties.

His remarks come months after India’s Operation Sindoor, a major cross-border counter-terror operation conducted in May 2025, following the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed the lives of 26 people.

Speaking at an event, Trump asserted that he warned New Delhi and Islamabad of crippling economic repercussions during an earlier period of heightened hostility.

“You know, I was talking about the different wars, and it’s, look, India, Pakistan, they were going to go out with nuclear weapons. I said, that’s okay, you can go at it, but I’m putting a 350 per cent tariff on each country, no more trade with the United States."

“No, no, you can’t do that," Trump claimed either of the sides said.

“I said, I’m going to do it. Come back to me and I’ll take it down. But you, I’m not going to have you guys shooting nuclear weapons at each other, killing millions of people and having the nuclear dust floating over Los Angeles. I’m not going to do it."

“They said, we don’t like that. I said, I don’t care if you like it or not," Trump said.

“So I was all set. I told a 350 per cent tariff to settle that war. If you, if you don’t, we’ll make a nice trade deal."

“Now, no other president would have done that. Another guy would have, like Joe Biden doesn’t even know what countries we’re talking about. He wouldn’t have any idea. There’d be no tariffs on anything. Just the whole world would go to hell," Trump said.

“But no, I use tariffs to settle all these, not all of them. Five of the eight were settled because of the economy, because of trade, because of tariffs. I’ll tell you what the Prime Minister of Pakistan (Shehbaz Sharif) called me," Trump said, further quoting him, “Thank you very much."

“He actually said, I saved millions. And he said in front of Susie, he said President Trump saved millions and millions of lives."

“And I got a call from Prime Minister Modi saying, we’re done. I said, you’re done with what? ‘We’re not going to go to war’. I said, Thank you very much. Let’s make a deal," Trump claimed.

“But I saved a lot of people, millions of people, on many other wars," he added.

The four-day conflict between India and Pakistan ended following a direct conversation between the two countries.

However, soon after, Trump on social media announced that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate ceasefire" after a “long night" of talks mediated by Washington.

The US President has repeated his claim several times that he “helped settle" the tensions between the two countries.

Though India has consistently denied any third-party intervention, Pakistan has praised Trump on multiple occasions, claiming that he brokered the ceasefire during the May conflict.

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