US President Donald Trump has once again claimed credit for halting a potential war between India and Pakistan, stating that his use of tariffs and trade pressure was instrumental in stopping the conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours earlier this year.

Speaking from the Oval Office on Monday, Trump said, “Tariffs are very important for the United States. Not only do we make hundreds of billions of dollars, but we're a peacekeeper because of tariffs. I use tariffs to stop wars.”

Trump further said, “If you look at India and Pakistan, they were ready to go at it. Seven planes were shot down. They are nuclear powers. I don’t want to say exactly what I said, but what I said was very effective. They stopped. And that was based on tariffs. It was based on trade.”

However, India has fi

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