Trump says he threatened India, Pakistan with 350 pc tariffs to stop war

US President Donald Trump has said he settled tension between India and Pakistan after threatening the two countries with 350 per cent tariffs and claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called him to say “we’re not going to go to war.” 

Trump has repeated the claim over 60 times that he “helped settle” tension between India and Pakistan in May this year even as India has consistently denied any third-party intervention.

“…I’m good at settling disputes, and I’ve always been. I’ve done



very well with that over the years, even before this. 

I was talking about the different wars… India, Pakistan… they were going to go at it, nuclear weapons,” Trump said on Wednesday.

Speaking at the US-Saudi Investment Forum attended by visiting Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman, 

Trump said that he told the two nuclear-armed neighbours that they “can go at it, but I’m putting a 350 per cent tariff on each country. No more trade with the United States.”