When asked why he was devoting time and energy to disputes far from US shores, Trump replied that his efforts were aimed at saving lives and preventing catastrophic escalation.
“Number one, to save lives in all cases. Because wars are wars. See what would have happened with Cambodia as an example. I was involved with negotiating a trade,” Trump said. He even claimed that the India-Pakistan ceasefire would not have been possible if he hadn’t intervened.
“Take a look at India and Pakistan. They were shooting down airplanes already. And that would have been maybe nuclear. I would have said it was gonna get nuclear, but I was able to get it done. Number one is lives, number two is everything else,” Trump noted.
Thailand and Cambodia war mediation
Speaking about the recent trade between Thailand and Cambodia, he shared how the two countries were in clashes for almost five days, leaving 33 people dead, and it was his trade push that stopped the conflict. Trump further claimed that he pressured India and Pakistan by threatening to withhold trade deals if the fighting did not stop. “We got them settled in 24 hours,” he said.
This claim by the US President has been rejected by New Delhi repeatedly. Recently, during the Monsoon Session in the Rajya Sabha, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar told Parliament that “An understanding with Pakistan has happened directly without any involvement of the United States.”
