US President Donald Trump Tuesday yet again asserted his role in averting a potential “nuclear war” between India and Pakistan, stating that he de-escalated tensions between both countries by leveraging trade negotiations and tariff threats.While addressing a cabinet meeting at the White House, Trump detailed his conversations with “very terrific” Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani officials, claiming that he issued a stark warning to both parties to end the conflict.“…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,” the US president said.“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,” Trump alleged.#WATCH | “…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… pic.twitter.com/gJVOTmKjXN— ANI (@ANI) August 27, 2025‘Within about five hours, it was done’Trump claimed that his ultimatum led to a peace deal between the countries within just five hours.“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,” he said.He also reiterated his claims that seven or more fighter jets were shot down during the hostilities.Story continues below this ad“I saw they were fighting, then I saw seven jets were shot down. I said, ‘That’s not good.’ That’s a lot of jets. You know, USD 150 million planes were shot down. A lot of them. Seven, maybe more than that. They didn’t even report the real number,” the POTUS said.This is not the first time Trump has claimed credit for brokering a peace deal between the two countries.Also Read | Trump once again claims credit for brokering truce in India-Pakistan conflict, says ‘we did that through trade’Since May 10, the US president has over 40 times asserted that his mediation averted a potential “nuclear war” between India and Pakistan.On Monday, he said that he stopped seven wars around the world, including India and Pakistan, through trade pressure.Story continues below this ad“I had tariffs and trade, and I was able to say, ‘If you go fight and want to kill everybody, that is okay, but I am going to charge you each a 100% tariff when you trade with us’. They all gave up,” Trump said.“I have stopped all of these wars. A big one would have been India and Pakistan…” he alleged.He added, “The war with India and Pakistan was the next level that was going to be a nuclear war… They already shot down 7 jets – that was raging. I said, ‘You want to trade? We are not doing any trade or anything with you if you keep fighting, you’ve got 24 hours to settle it’. They said, ‘Well, there’s no more war going on.’ I used that on numerous occasions. I used trade and whatever I had to use…”India has consistently maintained that the two sides halted their military actions following direct talks between their militaries without any mediation by the United States.