‘No Trade Deal...’: Despite India's Fact-Check, Trump Claims He Spoke To Modi During Op Sindoor

Last Updated:August 27, 2025, 07:14 IST

Donald Trump claimed that he spoke with PM Modi during India-Pakistan war, despite India's clear statement that there was no communication between two leaders during Op Sindoor.

Trump India-Pakistan claims: Trump claims he spoke to PM Modi during India-Pakistan war despite New Delhi's fact-check (Reuters Image)

Despite New Delhi fact-checking him on the matter, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) claimed that he spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the India-Pakistan four-day war and told him that he would not make a trade deal if the two rivals didn’t stop fighting.

He said that he also spoke to Pakistan about trade and told them that he would put high tariffs on them if the conflict did not end.

His remarks came while speaking during his Cabinet meeting at the White House, where he went on to claim that within “five hours" of his so-called call to India and Pakistan, the war came to an end.

His unsubstantiated claim comes even though External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar said it explicitly and clearly in the Parliament during the Operation Sindoor debate on July 28 that PM Modi and President Trump did not speak between April 22 and June 17.

“I want to make two things very clear – One, at no stage, in any conversation with the United States, was there any linkage with trade and what was going on. Secondly, there was no talk between the Prime Minister and President Trump from the 22nd of April, when President Trump called up to convey his sympathy, and the 17th of June, when he called up the Prime Minister in Canada to explain why he could not meet," Jaishankar had said in Lok Sabha.

What Did Trump Claim On India-Pakistan?

During his Cabinet meeting, Trump mentioned PM Modi, calling him a “very terrific man", and claimed that he spoke with the Indian Prime Minister about war with Pakistan and threatened “no trade deal" if the fighting didn’t stop.

“I am talking to a very terrific man, Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. I said what’s going on with you and Pakistan. Then I am talking to Pakistan about trade. I said what’s going on with you and India? The hatred was tremendous. This has been going on for a hell of a long time, like, sometimes with different names for hundreds of years…I said, I don’t want to make a trade deal with you…You guys are going to end up in a nuclear war…I said, call me back tomorrow, but we’re not going to do any deals with you, or we’re going to put tariffs on you that are so high, your head’s going to spin…Within about five hours, it was done…Now maybe it starts again. I don’t know. I don’t think so, but I’ll stop it if it does. We can’t let these things happen," Trump claimed.

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