On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump stated that he has “resolved numerous conflicts” and implied that a significant advancement in West Asia may have already been accomplished.
While addressing military leaders in Quantico, he reiterated his assertion of facilitating peace between the nuclear-armed adversaries Pakistan and India, and proclaimed that “yesterday could mark the resolution in the Middle East” — an achievement he claimed “has not occurred in 3,000 years.”
“I have resolved numerous conflicts… Yesterday, we may have achieved the most significant one. Although I am uncertain, the situation between Pakistan and India was substantial. Both are nuclear powers. I resolved that. However, yesterday could signify the resolution in the Middle East. This has not happened for 3,000 years… Hamas must agree. If they do not, it will be very challenging for them. All Arab nations, as well as Muslim nations, have consented. Israel has agreed. It is an extraordinary development,” Trump remarked.
Trump recounted what he characterized as his involvement during a critical military confrontation between India and Pakistan.
“India and Pakistan were in conflict. I contacted both parties… They had just downed seven aircraft… I warned them that if they continued, there would be no trade, and I halted the war. It had been escalating for four days,” he stated.
He further noted, “The Prime Minister of Pakistan was present, along with the Field Marshal, who is a very significant figure in Pakistan… He told a group accompanying us that this man saved millions of lives by preventing the war from escalating. That conflict was on the verge of becoming very severe.”
Trump has previously made similar assertions, yet India has categorically rejected them. New Delhi has consistently maintained that the ceasefire agreement with Pakistan was established bilaterally through direct dialogue between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs), without any external interference.
The President of the United States also utilized his recent address at the United Nations General Assembly to present himself as a global peacemaker, asserting that he had concluded “seven unendable wars” during his second term.
“In just seven months, I have concluded seven unendable wars,” he stated, further adding, “They claimed they were unendable — some had been ongoing for thirty-one years, one for thirty-six years. I have ended seven wars, all of which were active, resulting in countless thousands of casualties. I deserve the Nobel Peace Prize for halting these conflicts.”
He proceeded to mention disputes involving India and Pakistan, Cambodia and Thailand, Serbia and Kosovo, the Congo and Rwanda, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Armenia and Azerbaijan as instances of conflicts he professed to have mitigated.
