Stopping conflict a ‘big success’, level of anger was not a good thing: Trump

President Trump praises ceasefire between India and Pakistan, claiming US brokered peace, while India maintains bilateral stance.

U.S. President Donald Trump, who has made repeated claims that his administration brokered a “ceasefire” between India and Pakistan, on Friday (May 16, 2025) described the cessation of hostilities as a “big success” and said the level of anger between the two neighbours “was not a good thing”.

“We are very happy with what happened, I hope it continues, and I think it will, but what happens with India and Pakistan. That was a big success. If you would have seen the level of anger between the two, that was not a good thing,” Mr. Trump said while speaking with the press on Air Force One on Friday (May 16) as he was returning to Washington from his four-day visit to the Gulf region.

This is the seventh time since May 10 that Mr. Trump has claimed that the U.S. brokered the “ceasefire” between New Delhi and Islamabad.

Mr. Trump, who visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, repeated his claim that he “helped settle” the tensions between India and Pakistan when he addressed U.S. troops at the Al-Udeid Air Base on Thursday in Doha, Qatar, the largest U.S. military base in West Asia.

India carried out precision strikes under Operation Sindoor on terror infrastructure early on May 7 in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 26 people.

Following the Indian action, Pakistan attempted to attack Indian military bases on May 8, 9 and 10. The Indian forces launched a fierce counter-attack on several Pakistani military installations. Both countries reached an understanding on May 10 to end the conflict after four days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes.

On Saturday, Mr. Trump announced that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate ceasefire” after a “long night of talks mediated by the United States”. Later, in a post on Truth Social, Mr. Trump offered to work with India and Pakistan for a “solution” on Kashmir, while crediting Washington for helping the two nations arrive at the “historic and heroic decision” of stopping the conflict.