Donald Trump hints at India visit next year, says tariffs helped end India-Pakistan tensions and served as a national security tool.
President Trump hinted that he would travel to India in the upcoming year during a White House news conference. In addition, he reiterated that imposing tariffs on nations was a national security measure and that he used it as a tactic to prevent wars, citing India and Pakistan as examples of his achievements.
When Trump announced a deal to reduce the cost of weight-loss medications, he was speaking at a news conference. When asked about the Supreme Court’s continuing hearing on the legality of the tariffs his administration imposed on nations, Trump compared them to a national security measure.
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“I employ them to defend the country. I ended—let’s assume that tariffs terminated five or six conflicts. He gave the recent crisis between India and Pakistan as an example once more.
When you look at India and Pakistan, you can see that they began to fight. They were shooting at each other, the two nuclear-armed states. There were eight planes shot down. The number was seven. It was now eight since eight planes were shot down and the one that was essentially shot down is now abandoned.
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“Listen, I’m going to impose tariffs on you if you guys continue to fight.” They both weren’t pleased with that, and they ended the battle in a day. I could not have ended the conflict if I had not imposed tariffs.
When asked if he had any plans to visit India, Trump responded, “When you plan, the prime minister largely stopped buying oil from Russia.” The President said, “I speak with him, and he wants me to go there. He’s a friend of mine.” We will work that out. I will leave. I had an amazing trip there with Prime Minister Modi, who is a fantastic man, and I plan to return. Trump said, “It could be, Yeah,” when asked if he will visit that place the following year.