Millions of people could have died: Donald Trump on India-Pakistan conflict

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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that millions of people could have died due to the India-Pakistan conflict.

"Both have very powerful, strong and smart leaders. It all stopped and hopefully it will remain that way...They (India-Pakistan) are actually getting along. Maybe we can even get them together to go out and have a nice dinner. Millions of people could have died from that conflict that started off small and was getting bigger and bigger by the day," said Trump.

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The US President on Monday claimed that his administration helped broker an immediate ceasefire between India and Pakistan, which he thinks would be "a permanent one."

"On Saturday, my administration helped broker an immediate ceasefire, I think a permanent one between India and Pakistan - the countries having a lot of nuclear weapons," he told reporters.

"I'm very proud to let you know that the leadership of Indian and Pakistan was unwavering and powerful, but unwavering in both cases - they really were from the standpoint of having the strength and the wisdom and fortitude to fully know and to understand the gravity of the situation," he added.

Trump also mentioned about how he used trade tariffs to broker the deal between the two countries.

"And we helped a lot, and we also helped with trade. I said. Come on, we're going to do a lot of trade with you guys. Let's stop it, let's stop it. If you stop it, we're doing trade. If you don't stop it, we're not going to do any trade. People have never really used trade the way I used it. By that, I can tell you, and all of a sudden they said. I think we're gonna stop, and they have," he said.

Additionally, he said that he feared the two nations could have sparked a nuclear conflict, "We stopped a nuclear conflict. I think it could have been a bad nuclear war. Millions of people could have been killed. I also want to thank VP JD Vance and Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, for their work," Trump said.