- Putin praised American mediation in global conflicts.
- He complains again about not having received the Nobel Peace Prize.
- He says he likes stopping wars, but he also has to lead the United States.
US President Donald Trump said he had defused eight global conflicts in the past eight months, citing Pakistan-India and Gaza, and called the Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes “easy” to resolve during his talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
“…although I understand that Pakistan has attacked, or there is an attack underway against Afghanistan. It’s an easy question for me to resolve if I have to resolve it,” the US president said. He said that although he was responsible for leading the United States, he truly loved ending wars and bringing peace to conflict zones.
He said that although he was responsible for leading the United States, he truly loved ending wars and bringing peace to conflict zones.
“All these wars had nothing to do with us, but I saved tens of millions of lives. The Prime Minister of Pakistan said I saved millions of lives by interceding with Pakistan, and you take the example of Pakistan and India. That would have been a bad situation, two nuclear nations, right?” he said.
“I resolved eight conflicts, including the Middle East. [Ukraine-Russia] I thought this would have been among the easiest. [Russian President Vladimir] Putin mentioned Armenia yesterday, you know, all the different wars. »
He said it was amazing, but the biggest thing that surprised him that we were able to tackle was the Middle East.
Zelensky came to Washington to seek weapons to strengthen his country’s forces in the three-year conflict between Ukraine and Russia. However, Trump frequently highlighted his peace summit with Putin, which took place a few weeks earlier, when he and Zelenskiy spoke to reporters.
That meeting was rushed through Thursday, making it clear that Trump remains committed to brokering a peace deal and removing the tone from Zelenskiy’s missile speech.
Before his private lunch with Zelenskiy, Trump said the two leaders would discuss his call with Putin the day before. He reiterated his belief that his efforts deserved the Nobel Peace Prize.
“It’s funny how people say if you take this one, every time I do one they forget this one. I’ve solved eight wars. Go to Rwanda and Congo. Talk about India and Pakistan.”
“Look at Thailand. Every time I solve one, they say, ‘If you solve the next one, you’ll get the Nobel Prize.’ I didn’t receive a Nobel Prize.
“As if anyone understood, she’s a very nice woman, very kind. I don’t know who she is, but she was very generous,” Trump said.
War Solver
Last week, Trump said he was aware of escalating tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, saying he would resolve the situation upon his return from the Middle East, describing himself as “good at resolving wars.”
“This will be my eighth war that I’ve solved, and I heard there’s a war going on between Pakistan and Afghanistan right now. I said, I’m going to have to wait until I get back. I’m doing another one. Because I’m good at solving wars,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he began his flight from Washington to Israel.
“Think about India, Pakistan. Think about some of the wars that lasted for years. We had one that lasted 31 years, another one that lasted 32 years, another one that lasted 37 years, with millions of people killed in each country, and I finished every one of them, for the most part, in a day. It’s pretty good…” he added.
“Man of peace”
Addressing a press conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, after the signing of the Gaza peace agreement, Prime Minister Shehbaz described President Trump as a “true man of peace” who worked tirelessly and tirelessly to end global conflicts, including the war in Gaza.
Alongside the US president and other world leaders, the prime minister said the world was witnessing “one of the greatest days in contemporary history”.
“He brought peace not only to South Asia, saving millions of lives, but also to the Middle East through his efforts in Gaza. »
The Prime Minister noted that peace was achieved after months of tireless diplomatic efforts led by President Trump, who made the world “a place to live in peace and prosperity.”
He hailed Trump as “the man the world needed most at that moment,” adding that history would remember him as the leader who “stopped seven and today, eight wars.”
“If it hadn’t been for this gentleman [Trump]”, Shehbaz said, “a full-scale war between two nuclear powers could have broken out. His timely intervention averted disaster. »
The prime minister concluded by saying that Trump’s “visionary and exemplary leadership” had made him a symbol of hope and peace for the world, and that his name would “be remembered with words of gold.”
— Additional details from Reuters
