US EditionEight Planes Shot Down? Trump Modifies Claim on India-Pakistan Conflict; Says Tariffs Helped Secure Truce—Watch Video
Trump claimed his May 9 trade tariff warning pressured India and Pakistan to cease hostilities, ending a conflict involving eight downed planes, according to his statements.
- Speaking in Miami on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump said his May 9 conversation led India and Pakistan to agree to a truce in May after his intervention.
- Trump warned he would trim trade relations by imposing trade tariffs, saying he was in the midst of trade talks with New Delhi and Islamabad when he confronted them about the fighting.
- Describing the clashes, Trump called it `this is war`, stressing the intensity between the two nuclear nations and noting eight planes were shot down.
- Trump emphasised his record, saying he has resolved eight wars in nine months in office and recounted that a day after his warning he got a call saying `We made peace. They stopped.`
- On May 10, 2025, India and Pakistan announced a ceasefire, and Trump repeatedly framed the episode around commerce, saying `Let's do trade`.
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'Eight planes shot down'
US President Donald Trump has once again reiterated his old claim that India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire after his intervention. Speaking at an event in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, Trump added new details to his claims, saying that after his intervention, the next day he received a call claiming that they had made peace after he put out trade conditions. Trump claimed he had solved eight wars in the nine months he had been in office and…
Trump revises 'destroyed' fighter jet tally during India-Pak conflict: 'Eight were shot down'
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday presented a new figure regarding fighter planes allegedly shot down during hostilities between India and Pakistan. Trump, who had previously maintained that seven jets were destroyed, has not claimed that the number of planes damaged was eight. However, as in earlier times, he has not specified the country to which the planes belonged. The US President made this statement while addressing the America Busine…
'8 planes shot down': Trump updates India-Pak conflict claims;adds new details
President Trump claimed he brokered a ceasefire between India and Pakistan by linking it to trade deals, stating they agreed to peace after he threatened tariffs. He asserted this intervention resolved eight wars during his tenure. However, India has consistently denied any US involvement ...
Eight planes shot down? Trump modifies claim on India-Pakistan conflict; says tariffs helped secure truce—watch video
Since India and Pakistan announced a ceasefire, US President Donald Trump has asserted his self-proclaimed role in brokering the truce a whopping 60 times, mentioning that seven planes were downed.
Trump continues to comment on Pakistan-India May conflict, now says ‘8 planes shot down essentially’
Continuing to comment on the brief military conflict between Pakistan and India earlier this year, US President Donald Trump has now stated that eight planes were “essentially” shot down. “In eight months I ended eight wars, including Kosovo and Serbia, the Congo and Rwanda … Pakistan and India,” he said during a speech at the American Business Forum in Miami late on Wednesday. “I was in the midst of a trade deal with both of them. And then I re…
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