Trump harps on Sharif praise, says 200% tariffs kept India, Pak 'from going at it'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Ever since Sharif praised Trump at the Gaza Peace Summit in Egypt, Trump has been citing those remarks to support his assertion that he played a role in ending hostilities between India and Pakistan after their military conflict in May.
50% : In an interview with Fox News, Trump said he ended eight wars, five of them owing to tariffs.
50% : Citing an example, Trump said: "The threat of tariffs kept India and Pakistan, two nuclear nations, from going at it.
50% : I said to India and Pakistan pretty much the same thing - If you're gonna fight each other, I'm not doing business with you, we're gonna put 200% tariffs, which will make it impossible for you to deal," Trump added.
50% : The Pakistan PM had given Trump all the credit he had been seeking for "stopping a war" with India, and yet again sought a Nobel Prize for the leader "for his outstanding, extraordinary contributions... to stop the war between India and Pakistan and then achieve a ceasefire along with his very wonderful team".

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