“We settled it through trade,” the US president tells his South African counterpart during Oval Office talks
(From left) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and US President Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 21, 2025. — Reuters
- India refuses to acknowledge Trump’s role in a ceasefire.
- Pakistan publicly acknowledged, thanked the US president.
- “Pakistan has got some excellent people,” says Trump.
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday reiterated his position in de-escalating tensions between Pakistan and India, pronouncing that he “settled” a move-border trade of fire through the leverage of exchange.
The US president’s remarks came during a current meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Trump’s modern-day comments follow in advance statements this month in which he suggested he “helped” gain a ceasefire along the unstable border. This claim has been met with silence from New Delhi; however, acknowledgement and a thank you from Islamabad.
“If you take a look at what we just did with Pakistan and India. We settled that completely, and I think I settled it via exchange,” Trump instructed Ramaphosa, highlighting ongoing main alternate deals with each international location. He mentioned wondering on both sides, “And I said, ‘What are you men doing?’”
The escalation followed New Delhi’s “Operation Sindoor,” main to retaliation for border firing from Pakistan.
Trump defined the scenario as “getting worse and worse, bigger and bigger, deeper and deeper into the U.S.” He said, “And we spoke to them, and I think we, I hate to mention we were given it settled, after which two days later, something occurs, and they say it’s Trump’s fault.”
While India falsely claims that Pakistan had violated the US-facilitated ceasefire hours after Trump announced it, the American president praised the management of each international location.
“But… Pakistan has been given a few amazing human beings and some in reality appropriate, outstanding leaders. And India is my buddy, Modi,” he stated, to which President Ramaphosa reportedly spoke back, “Modi, mutual friend.”
While Pakistan has publicly credited Trump for his intervention, India has yet to provide affirmation of his direct role in halting the trade of heroin.