Trump repeats claim he stopped India-Pakistan war

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday (January 21, 2026) repeated his claim that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan, as he did with so many other wars.

In a special address in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Mr. Trump also said the U.S. needs Greenland, which he said was not land but a massive piece of ice, for strategic reasons as it lies between the U.S., China and Russia, not for a massive amount of rare earth minerals buried under ice.

He began his speech by greeting “so many friends” present and “a few enemies”, and lashed out heavily at Europe, NATO, proponents of clean energy and past U.S. presidents, including “sleepy” Joe Biden.

Earlier, Mr. Trump has claimed credit for stopping the India-Pakistan conflict for more that 80 times since May 10 last year, when he announced on social media that the two neighbours had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire after talks mediated by Washington.

India has consistently denied any third-party intervention.

India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 last year, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians.

India and Pakistan reached an understanding on May 10 to end the conflict after four days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes.

India has been consistently maintaining that the understanding on cessation of hostilities with Pakistan was reached following direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the two sides.