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This is not the first time Trump has given strange history lesson while claiming credit for brokering a ceasefire between New Delhi and Islamabad following Operation Sindoor in May
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Pakistan officially came into existence on August 14, 1947, following its partition from India, an event that ended British colonial rule and created two sovereign nations.
US President Donald Trump, who had previously claimed that the Kashmir dispute was “1000 years” old, remarked that tensions between India and Pakistan stretched back “hundreds of years.”
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“The hatred was tremendous. This has been going on for a hell of a long time, like, sometimes with different names for hundreds of years,” Trump said at the White House.
#WATCH | “…I am talking to a very terrific man, Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. I said what’s going on with you and Pakistan. Then I am talking to Pakistan about trade. I said what’s going on with you and India? The hatred was tremendous. This has been going on for a… pic.twitter.com/gJVOTmKjXN— ANI (@ANI) August 27, 2025
Trump’s comments came while he claimed, yet again, that he had personally pressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accept a ceasefire with Pakistan, cautioning that steep tariffs could follow if the conflict escalated.
Recalling the conversation, Trump told reporters his approach had been direct. “I am talking to a very terrific man, Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. I said what’s going on with you and Pakistan? The hatred was tremendous,” Trump said.
Since May 10, when he declared on social media that Washington had brokered a “full and immediate” ceasefire between India and Pakistan, Trump has repeatedly taken credit for defusing tensions that followed the Pahalgam terror strike.
New Delhi, however, has firmly rejected this version, stressing that the ceasefire decision was the outcome of direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of both countries, with no outside involvement.
As mentioned, this is not the first time Trump has given strange history lessons while claiming credit for brokering a ceasefire following Operation Sindoor in May.
Earlier in April, Trump said that India and Pakistan have shared tense relations “for 1,500 years,” adding he is close to both countries.
His comments were made in the backdrop of the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed the lives of 26 innocent tourists in the Pahalgam region of Jammu and Kashmir on April 22.
Speaking with the media aboard Air Force One on Friday, the US President claimed the Kashmir issue had been going on “for a thousand years,” adding that it could probably be “longer than that”.
Trump said, “I am very close to India, and I’m very close to Pakistan, and they’ve had that fight for a thousand years in Kashmir.”
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Ronit Singh, Senior Sub-Editor at News18.com, works with the India and Breaking News team. He has a keen focus on Indian politics and aims to cover unexplored angles. Ronit is an alumnus of Christ (Deemed to be…Read More
Ronit Singh, Senior Sub-Editor at News18.com, works with the India and Breaking News team. He has a keen focus on Indian politics and aims to cover unexplored angles. Ronit is an alumnus of Christ (Deemed to be… Read More
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