Did Trump say ‘Pak PM would’ve died if not for me’ during India-Pakistan war?
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US President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2026. Photograph: (AFP)
US President Donald Trump reiterated the claim that he ended India and Pakistan, saying 35 million people said that Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would have died if it weren't for my involvement.
US President Donald Trump reiterated the claim that he ended India and Pakistan war, saying 35 million people said that Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would have died if it weren't for my involvement. The Republican leader made the remarks at his address at the State of the Union of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol.
“First 10 months, I ended eight wars, including Cambodia and Thailand, Pakistan and India, would’ve been a nuclear war, 35 million people said the Prime Minister of Pakistan would’ve died if it weren’t for my involvement.”
Trump continued the list, “Kosovo and Serbia, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Congo and Rwanda, and of course the war in Gaza. I wanna thank Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner for your help.”
The US president has made similar claims of ending India and Pakistan war in May last year, despite clarification from India. Earlier on Thursday (Feb 19), Trump once again took the credit for ending eight wars. He added that 11 jets were shot down during the India-Pakistan war, marking the sixth time he changed the number.
Air Chief Marshal AP Singh has confirmed that Indian forces downed at least five Pakistani fighter jets and another large aircraft in May during Operation Sindoor, which was launched in response to the deadly Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians. During the operation, India successfully targeted nine terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The two nations reached an understanding of a ceasefire after four days of military conflict.
The Air Chief Marshal added that Pakistani jets were shot down by the S-400 air defence systems, marking “the largest ever recorded surface-to-air kill.”
New Delhi has also rejected the repeated claims of mediation made by Trump, stressing that a ceasefire was reached bilaterally after a call from Pakistan's Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) to their Indian counterpart, and no third party was involved.
