India and Pakistan warfare may have been nuclear, 10 planes have been shot down: Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump repeated the declare that he stopped the warfare between India and Pakistan final yr, which he stated may have turned nuclear, by means of tariffs.

“I settled eight wars. Of the eight wars, a minimum of six have been settled due to tariffs. In different phrases, I stated, ‘in case you do not settle this warfare, I will cost you tariffs, as a result of I do not wish to see folks getting killed,” Mr. Trump stated in an interview to Fox Enterprise Tuesday (February 10, 2026).

“And so they stated, ‘Properly, what does this must do?’ I stated, ‘you are going to be charged’. Like India and Pakistan. It could have been a nuclear warfare, in my view. They have been actually going at it, 10 planes have been shot down. They have been going at it,” Mr. Trump stated.

He added that the Prime Minister of Pakistan stated, ‘President Trump saved a minimum of 10 million lives when he received us to cease combating’. As a result of they have been going to go nuclear, [in] my opinion. With out tariffs, that would not occur,” Mr. Trump stated.

Mr. Trump has claimed credit score for stopping the India-Pakistan battle greater than 80 instances since Could 10 final yr, when he introduced on social media that the 2 neighbours had agreed to a “full and fast” ceasefire after talks mediated by Washington.

India has persistently denied any third-party intervention.

India launched Operation Sindoor on Could 7 final yr, concentrating on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam assault that killed 26 civilians.