US President Donald Trump has once again claimed that he prevented a potential nuclear clash between India and Pakistan earlier this year by threatening both countries with 350 per cent tariffs. He claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called him afterward to say, "We're not going to go to war." Advertisement

Speaking at the US–Saudi Investment Forum in Washington on Wednesday - attended by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman - Trump said he told both nations that they "can go at it," but he would impose "a 350 per cent tariff on each country. No more trade with the United States."

"I'm good at settling disputes," Trump said. "I told them, 'Come back to me and I'll take it down. But I’m not going to have you guys shooting nuclear weapons at each other, killing millions of peo

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