The President of the United States, Donald Trump, described the Pakistanis as “brilliant people” and expressed a strong desire to expand bilateral trade, while demanding the merit of having avoided what he called an almost nuclear conflict between Pakistan and India.
Speaking in an interview with Fox News, Trump said that his intervention had helped bring the two nuclear neighbors back on the edge of the war after an intense military climbing period.
“It was going to be a nuclear war, I think, or close … And now everyone is happy,” said Trump, referring to tensions between the South Asian rivals. “Missiles were fired, reprisals were underway and both parties increased quickly.”
Trump awarded behind the scenes of his administration for interrupting the crisis and declared that engaging by both sides by trade was part of his peacebuilding strategy.
“I told my people, call them-start to exchange immediately,” he said.
The president said he had “great conversations” with the Pakistani management, expressing optimism about future cooperation. “They would love to exchange. They are brilliant people and make incredible products. We are not doing much with them,” said Trump.
He noted that despite positive relations, trade between the United States and Pakistan remains limited. “We cannot forget them because we need two rectangles,” he added, in what seemed to be a shift in the language while trying to underline the importance of cooperation.
Trump took the opportunity to criticize the economic policies of India, calling it “the country with the highest rates in the world”. However, he recognized that India had proven that the provision reduced prices in its commercial transactions with Washington.
“India … They make business almost impossible,” said Trump. “Do you know that they are ready to reduce 100% of their prices for the United States?”
Trump then characterized his diplomatic efforts as one of the most important achievements of his presidency.
“A greater success that I will never have been credited,” he said. “These are major nuclear powers. They are not only small powers and they were angry.”
By thinking about the danger of the dead end, Trump described climbing as dangerously close to a nuclear exchange.
“It was a tat chick. He went more deeply-no more missiles. Everyone said” louder, stronger “, to the point where the next one is going to be, you know what? The word n,” he said.
“It is the word n. It is a very mean word, right? In many ways. The word n used in the nuclear sense-it is the worst thing that can happen,” he continued. “And I think they were very close. The hatred was great.”
Trump has developed the episode as a case where diplomacy, combined with economic engagement, prevented a global disaster.
“I use trade to settle scores and make peace,” he said.
By concluding the interview, Trump described himself as a president who gives results. “We have worked not only for world peace, but also for economic progress,” he said. “Trade is a tool for peace.”
The last escalation between Pakistan and India began on April 22, when an attack in the pahalgam seaside resort of the Iiojk killed 26 people. India immediately blamed Pakistan for the incident, despite no public evidence.
In response, India has undertaken a series of hostile actions the next day on April 23, including the suspension of the 65-year-old Industry Water Treaty (IWT), canceling visas for Pakistani citizens, closing the border crossing of Wagah-Attari, ordering the closure of the Pakistani High Commissioner in New Delhi and reducing diplomatic staff in the embassies of Pakistan.
Pakistan firmly rejected the accusation, calling it not supported, but has taken reciprocal measures through its National Security Committee (NSC). These include the cessation of trade with India, the closure of the Pakistani airspace to Indian planes and other counters.
Tensions also degenerated in the early hours of May 7, when the missile strikes reached six cities in Punjab and Azad Jammu and Cashmire (AJK), destroying a mosque and killing dozens of civilians, including women, children and the elderly.
In a rapid military response, the armed forces of Pakistan have shot down Indian war planes, including three Rafale planes, widely considered as a key asset of the Indian Air Force. Over the next two days, India launched waves of Israeli manufacturing drones, which were also neutralized by the Pakistani army.
The confrontation was again intensified in the early hours of May 10, when India targeted several Pakistani air bases with missile strikes. In retaliation, Pakistan launched the Bunyan-a-Marsoos operation, damaging Indian military facilities, including missile storage sites, bases and other strategic targets.
On Saturday evening, US President Donald Trump announced that a cease-fire had been reached following intense diplomatic efforts overnight. A few minutes later, the agreement was confirmed separately by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan Ishaq Dar and the Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
