US President Donald Trump has once again claimed credit for stopping the May conflict between India and Pakistan, repeating the assertion for approximately the 70th time since the ceasefire took effect.
Speaking at an economy-focused rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Trump told supporters he had ended eight wars during his first ten months back in office. "Pakistan and India, they were going at it. I ended the conflict," he stated, also citing resolutions to disputes involving Kosovo and Serbia, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Armenia and Azerbaijan.
The conflict Trump referenced began after India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The military action came in retaliation for an April 22 attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 civilians. Four days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes followed before India and Pakistan reached an understanding on May 10 to end hostilities.
India has consistently denied any third-party intervention in resolving the conflict with Pakistan, contradicting Trump's repeated claims of personal involvement in brokering peace between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.
Trump also announced he would intervene in renewed fighting between Cambodia and Thailand. "Tomorrow I will make a phone call to those countries. Who else could say I'm going to make a phone call and stop a war between two very powerful countries? I'll do it. We're making peace through strength," he declared.
On immigration policy, Trump stated the US is experiencing reverse migration for the first time in 50 years, meaning more jobs and better wages for American citizens. He announced a permanent pause on what he termed Third World migration from countries including Afghanistan, Haiti and Somalia, which he described using offensive language as filthy, dirty and crime-ridden.
Trump questioned why America couldn't accept immigrants from Norway, Sweden or Denmark instead, suggesting those countries should send nice people. His administration has intensified immigration restrictions following the killing of a National Guard member by an Afghan national last month.
US Citizenship and Immigration Services issued guidance allowing negative country-specific factors when vetting individuals from 19 high-risk nations subject to Trump's earlier travel ban proclamation.
