US President Donald Trump on Monday claimed he pressured India and Pakistan into accepting a ceasefire over the weekend by threatening to chop off commerce with each international locations.
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“I mentioned, come on, we’re going to do a whole lot of commerce with you guys. Let’s cease it. Let’s cease it. When you cease it, we’ll do a commerce. When you don’t cease it, we’re not going to do any commerce,’” Trump instructed reporters on the White Home on Monday.
“And impulsively they mentioned, ‘I feel we’re going to cease,’” he continued, crediting commerce leverage for influencing each nations’ choices. “For lots of causes, however commerce is a giant one,” he added.
Trump mentioned he believed his intervention helped avert what he believes may have escalated right into a nuclear battle between the 2 international locations.
“We stopped a nuclear battle. I feel it may have been a foul nuclear conflict. Hundreds of thousands of individuals may have been killed,” he mentioned.
He additionally confirmed that the US will “do a whole lot of commerce” with each international locations, including that negotiations with India are ongoing whereas talks with Pakistan will start shortly.
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