"I am doing a trade deal with India and I have love and great respect for Prime Minister Modi. Likewise, the Prime Minister of Pakistan is a great guy and his Field Marshal is a great fighter," he said.
He once again claimed credit for brokering peace between India and Pakistan earlier this year by using ‘trade pressure’.
"Two nuclear nations were fighting with each other. They said, no, no, no, you should let us fight. They are strong people. Prime Minister Modi is the nicest looking guy. He is a killer. He is tough as hell. But after a little while, they called up and said we would end fighting," Trump was quoted as saying by a news agency.
Trump said he had told both leaders that the United States would not pursue trade deals with them while the two countries were in conflict.
New Delhi, however, has been denying this claim by Trump, reiterating that the ceasefire was reached bilaterally with no third-party involvement.
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