Donald Trump confuses India with Iran, claims tariffs averted nuclear war, praises Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif for gratitude. Photo: X.
US President Donald Trump is being questioned for his cognitive ability after he confuses India with Iran while claiming that his administration used tariffs to end a potential nuclear war between India and Pakistan. In recent months, Trump has reiterated several times that his trade policies have helped end several wars.
Trump argued that tariffs were central to maintaining global peace and even ending wars. While offering an example, he appeared to mix up India with Iran, stating he was “in the midst of negotiating a trade deal with Iran” when he meant India, in the context of Pakistan.
“As an example, if you look at Pakistan and Iran,” Trump said. “I told them I was negotiating a trade deal with Iran, and Pakistan was going to be in line. Because of tariffs, they all wanted to negotiate much differently. Then I heard they were shooting at each other, and I said, ‘Are you guys going to go to war? Two nuclear powers we are thinking about.’”
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Trump also spoke about the looming US-China trade war. When asked whether the United States was heading into a prolonged trade war with China, Trump launched into a detailed defence of his tariff strategy.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, he said, “we have a 100 per cent tariff. If we didn’t have tariffs, we would be exposed as being a nothing. We would have no defence. They’ve used tariffs on us, but we’ve never had anybody sitting in that chair who felt the need to do it.”
Trump said he warned both countries that any escalation would result in heavy economic consequences.
“I told them if they went to war, I would impose a 200 per cent tariff and ban them from doing business with the United States,” he stated. “Within 24 hours, the war ended. That would have been a nuclear war,” Trump added.
Trump repeated his claim that Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had expressed gratitude to him for averting a nuclear war between India and Pakistan.
“The Prime Minister of Pakistan got up the other day, said so beautifully, he says, ‘You saved millions of lives,’” Trump told reporters. “He told that to a group of people right in this office. He said, the President saved millions of lives.”
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Zubair Amin is a Senior Journalist at NewsX with over seven years of experience in reporting and editorial work. He has written for leading national and international publications, including Foreign Policy Magazine, Al Jazeera, The Economic Times, The Indian Express, The Wire, Article 14, Mongabay, News9, among others. His primary focus is on international affairs, with a strong interest in US politics and policy. He also writes on West Asia, Indian polity, and constitutional issues. Zubair tweets at zubaiyr.amin
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