US PresidentDonald Trumphas once again amplified his claims about defusing India-Pakistan tensions, this time asserting that as many as 11 fighter jets were shot down during last year’s May conflict. Trump claimed that he threatened a "200 per cent tariff", and both countries halted the conflict as there's "nothing like money." The statement marks a noticeable jump from his earlier statements, where he had initially spoken of five jets, gradually raising the count. In July 2025, Trump claimed, "five jets were shot down". By September-October, he claimed "seven brand-new beautiful planes" were shot down during the three-day conflict. Then, in November, Trump said, "eight planes were shot down". Earlier this month, Trump told Fox News that "ten planes" were shot down. Now, he has claimed that 11 planes were shot down. The US President, however, did not specify which country's jets he was referring to.

Speaking at the Board of Peace meeting on Thursday, Donald Trump claimed that he had threatened to put a 200 per cent tariff on India and Pakistan if they didn't stop fighting, reiterating the claim that he stopped the war between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. Trump repeated the claim that he stopped eight wars within the first year of his second term in the White House. "Pakistan and India. That was a big one," Trump said.

"And when I heard that they were fighting, I pick up a certain newspaper.… and I saw that Pakistan and India were really going at it. And then it got worse and worse, and… many planes were shot down. It was all out. And I called them, I said, 'Listen, I'm not doing trade deals with you two guys, if you don't settle this up'. They said, 'No, no, no'," Trump said.

"And they do a lot of business with the United States, and they sort of softened up all of a sudden. And all of a sudden, I read where there was a little bit of a pullback by one, then the other, and all of a sudden, we worked out a deal. But I said, 'If you fight, I'm going to put 200% tariffs on each of your countries'," which essentially would have meant that they could not have done any business with the US.

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"They both wanted to fight. But when it came to money, nothing like money. When it came to losing a lot of money, they said, 'I guess we don't want to fight'. And we solved that deal in two-three days. And we did. We said these are two very powerful, two nuclear nations. And I don't want to say what was going to happen, but, you know, bad things happen... People have no idea. A lot of them say, 'Oh, well, they weren't fighting'. They were fighting, 11 jets were shot down, very expensive jets, and they were all in. Both of them were all in, and now they're not."

"And I think we'll always be able to settle up with them. I really do. I think… a lot of progress was made, even in the relationship. And Prime Minister Modi also is a great man. He's a great guy. They're all great, but I was very proud of it."

Trump repeated the assertion that Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif had claimed he saved "25 million lives" when he stopped the war between India and Pakistan. Earlier, Trump had claimed that Sharif said he had saved 10 million lives by ending the conflict between the two nations.

India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 last year, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians. India has been consistently maintaining that the understanding on cessation of hostilities with Pakistan was reached following direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the two militaries.

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