US President Donald Trump said that seven jets shot down during Pakistan-India conflict in May. He took credit for preventing what he described as a potential nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan earlier this year.

Speaking at a White House press briefing, Trump said the situation in South Asia was "raging" when fighter jets were shot down during the brief war in May.

"The war with India and Pakistan was the next level that was going to be a nuclear war... They already shot down seven jets," he told reporters. "I said, 'You want to trade? We are not doing any trade or anything with you if you keep fighting, you've got 24 hours to settle it'. They said, 'Well, there's no more war going on'."

Trump claimed that his use of tariffs and trade pressure was decisive. "I had tariffs and

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