US President Donald Trump has shared that he once advised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stay away from any military conflict with Pakistan, suggesting that trade and dialogue were better ways to ease tensions between the two countries.
Speaking at a Diwali celebration at the White House, Trump recalled that he had personally urged both India and Pakistan to focus on peace instead of confrontation.
He said he made it clear that if the two nations continued to move toward conflict, the United States would consider stopping trade with them. According to Trump, this warning helped calm the situation and encouraged both sides to step back from further escalation.
The former US president said he believed that economic diplomacy could achieve what wars could not. He highlighted trade as a powerful tool for maintaining peace, saying that he had successfully used similar strategies to prevent or resolve conflicts in other parts of the world.
“Through smart trade negotiations, we ended eight wars globally,” Trump claimed, emphasizing that cooperation and business ties could replace hostility and violence.
Trump’s remarks once again shed light on his unconventional approach to foreign policy, where he often relied on financial and trade measures to influence global decisions rather than traditional military power.
His comments also underline the importance of stable relations between India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed neighbors whose peace remains critical for regional and global security.
By promoting trade over war, Trump said, nations could achieve progress, prosperity, and peace — outcomes that military conflict could never bring.
