Donald Trump steps again from taking credit score for India-Pakistan ceasefire: Two very sensible leaders determined

Jun 19, 2025 10:01 AM IST Donald Trump made the remarks throughout an interplay with reporters within the Oval Office, after internet hosting Pakistan’s Army chief General Asim Munir. For the primary time in weeks, US President Donald Trump avoided taking credit score for stopping a possible warfare between India and Pakistan, as an alternative saying the 2 “very smart” leaders had themselves determined to keep away from escalation. US President Donald Trump, heart, throughout a gathering with members of the Juventus soccer membership within the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Bloomberg) Trump made the remarks throughout an interplay with reporters within the Oval Office on Wednesday, after internet hosting Pakistan’s Army chief General Asim Munir for lunch on the White House. “The reason I had him here, I want to thank him for not going into the war, ending the war. And I want to thank, as you know, Prime Minister Modi just left a little while ago, and we’re working on a trade deal with India. We’re working on a trade deal with Pakistan,” mentioned Trump.  Apparently referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and General Asim Munir, Trump mentioned he was glad the leaders of India and Pakistan, each “very smart people,” selected to step again from a battle that might have turned nuclear. “They were both here, but I was with Modi a few weeks ago. He was here actually, but now we speak to him. And I’m so happy that two smart people, plus you know, people on their staff too, but two smart people, two very smart people decided not to keep going with that war. That could have been a nuclear war. Those are two nuclear powers, big ones, big, big nuclear powers, and they decided that,” he added.  Trump has repeatedly claimed that he “helped settle” tensions between India and Pakistan following their choice to halt army battle on May 10.  The US President additionally mentioned he advised the 2 nuclear-armed neighbours that America would do “a lot of trade” with them in the event that they stopped the hostilities. Trump was scheduled to satisfy Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis, Canada, however he returned to Washington forward of schedule. Modi, Trump maintain first formal cellphone name since India-Pak ceasefireBefore his departure, Modi and Trump held a 35-minute cellphone name—marking their first formal dialog for the reason that ceasefire between India and Pakistan was introduced. In a video message from Kananaskis, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri mentioned Modi clearly conveyed to Trump that at “no point” throughout Operation Sindoor was there any dialogue, at any stage, about an India-US commerce settlement or any proposal for American mediation between India and Pakistan. Misri clarified that the choice to stop army operations was reached immediately between India and Pakistan, via current military-to-military communication channels, and was initiated on the request of Islamabad. He added that Modi firmly acknowledged India would by no means settle for third-party mediation and that there’s full political consensus throughout the nation on this place. With PTI inputs