Used trade as a tool to pressurize India-Pakistan to accept ceasefire-Trump
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ May 12,2025
US President Donald Trump on Monday claimed he pressured India and Pakistan into accepting a ceasefire by threatening to cut off business deals with both countries and ensured that if his suggestions about ceasefire are met, he will increase the trade and solve the Kashmir issue.
“I think it could have been a bad nuclear war. Millions of people could have been killed,” he said while addressing the media at the White House. Trump also thanked Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for the role they have played.
“I said, come on, we’re going to do a lot of trade with you guys. Let’s stop it. Let’s stop it. If you stop it, we’ll do a trade. If you don’t stop it, we’re not going to do any trade,’” Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday.
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Trump also added that he will be soon negotiating business with Pakistan as well. Currently, the US is negotiating with India to achieve a trade deal.
US President on May 12 announced a ceasefire in the India-Pakistan military conflict following the April 22 attack by a Pakistan-linked terrorist outfit in which 26 tourists were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.
Used trade as a tool to pressurize India-Pakistan to accept ceasefire-Trump claimed his intervention helped avert what he believes could have escalated into a nuclear conflict between the two countries.
“Let’s stop it. Let’s stop it. If you stop it, we’re doing trade. If you don’t stop it, we’re not going to do any business. We’re going to do a lot of business with Pakistan. We’re going to do a lot of business with India. We’re negotiating with India right now, we’re going to be soon, negotiating with Pakistan,” he went on to say no details were available or how the offer of trade was extended by the Trump administration in this context.
