Addressing the media as Elon Musk stepped aside from the administration, Trump added that trade discussions between India and Pakistan were at risk due to escalating tensions. “We talked trade. We said we can’t trade with people who are shooting at each other and potentially using nuclear weapons,’ he said.”
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On May 13, Trump said that maybe India and Pakistan can have a “nice dinner together” while stating that his administration brokered the “historic ceasefire” between the two countries through trade.”They are actually getting along. Maybe we can even get them together where they go out and have a nice dinner together. Wouldn’t that be nice?”, Trump said at the Saudi Arabia-US Investment Forum 2025 in his visit to the West-Asian nation.
“We’ve come a long way. Millions of people could have died from that conflict that started off small and was getting bigger and bigger by the day,” Trump added.
Trump also took credit for brokering the India-Pakistan conflict through the means of trade, praising the Prime Ministers of both countries. “Just days ago, my administration successfully brokered a historic ceasefire to stop the escalating violence between India and Pakistan, and I used trade to a large extent to do (that),” Trump said.
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“I said, fellas, come on, let’s make a deal. Let’s do some trading. let’s not trade nuclear missiles. Let’s trade the things that you make so beautifully. And they both have very powerful, strong, good and smart leaders,” he added.
First Published: May 31, 2025 12:01 AM IS
