'We Stopped The Nuclear Conflict': Trump Celebrates India-Pakistan Deescalation

At a press briefing, President Trump celebrated the ceasefire between India and Pakistan.

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00:00A strong week and a very strong weekend.

00:04Before we begin, let me say a few words about the historic events that took place over the

00:09last few days.

00:12On Saturday, my administration helped broker a full and immediate ceasefire, I think a

00:17permanent one, between India and Pakistan, ending a dangerous conflict of two nations

00:24with lots of nuclear weapons.

00:27And they were going at it hot and heavy, and it was seemingly not going to stop.

00:32And I'm very proud to let you know that the leadership of India and Pakistan was unwavering,

00:42powerful, but unwavering in both cases, having these – they really were, from the standpoint

00:49of having the strength and the wisdom and fortitude to fully know and to understand the gravity

00:54of the situation, and we helped a lot.

01:00And we helped also with trade.

01:01I said, come on, we're going to do a lot of trade with you guys.

01:05Let's stop it.

01:06Let's stop it.

01:07If you stop it, we're doing trade.

01:09If you don't stop it, we're not going to do any trade.

01:12People have never really used trade the way I used it, that I can tell you.

01:16And all of a sudden, they said, I think we're going to stop.

01:20And they have.

01:21And they did it for a lot of reasons, but trade is a big one.

01:25We're going to do a lot of trade with Pakistan.

01:28We're going to do a lot of trade with India.

01:29We're negotiating with India right now.

01:31We're going to be soon negotiating with Pakistan.

01:34And we stopped the nuclear conflict.

01:36I think it would have – it could have been a bad nuclear war.

01:40Millions of people could have been killed, so I'm very proud of that.

01:42I also want to thank Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Rubio for their work

01:49and efforts.

01:50They worked very hard on that.

01:52We also, as you know, created a situation where the Houthis, for the first time ever, have

02:01ceased firing.

02:03And they've let it be known that they're not going to be firing at American ships anymore,

02:08not going to be firing at Americans anymore.

02:11This was a heavy barrage that lasted for approximately 50 days.

02:19And as you know, they've been in war essentially for forever.

02:23But over the last 10 years, they've been very difficult for other countries.

02:29Nobody was able to do what we did.

02:31But they stopped and we take their word for it, their surrogates and them directly said,

02:38we don't want to do this anymore.

02:41And so we were satisfied with that.