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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday doubled down on his self-proclaimed role as a global peacemaker, crediting his tariff threats with averting a nuclear showdown between India and Pakistan in May this year. Trump said he forced India-Pakistan to stand down. "I use tariffs to stop wars," he declared.

Trump said, "We stopped a lot of these wars using trade. As an example, India and Pakistan were going at it really hard. Seven planes were shut down...Bad things were happening, and I was talking to both of them about trade...I said we are not going to do a trade deal unless they stop the war."

I got him on the phone an

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