Won't get Nobel for halting India-Pak war: Trump at it again after PM fact-check
US President Donald Trump rued that he won't get a Nobel Peace Prize for "stopping" the war between India and Pakistan, repeating the claim despite being fact-checked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue days ago. Trump's rant on Truth Social came as Pakistan formally nominated him for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize."I won't get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the War between India and Pakistan... I won't get a Nobel Peace Prize, no matter what I do," Trump said while listing a series of key diplomatic peace outcomes that he claimed to have brokered. advertisementThe US President stuck to his version of events days after PM Modi set the record straight by telling him that at no point during the hostilities with Pakistan last month, was trade or mediation on the issue discussed with the US administration.
India has made it clear on several occassions that the ceasefire was directly negotiated between the two nations upon Pakistan's insistence. It came as India struck vital military sites and airbases inside Pakistan as part of its Operation Sindoor.'WON'T GET NOBEL PRIZE NO MATTER WHAT I DO'The eccentric US President began his lengthy post by announcing that he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio had secured a "wonderful" treaty between Rwanda and Congo that would halt the war characterised by "violent bloodshed and death"."Representatives from Rwanda and the Congo will be in Washington on Monday to sign documents. This is a Great Day for Africa and, quite frankly, a Great Day for the World!" Trump said.Brokered by the US and Qatar, Rwanda and Congo agreed to a truce to end decades of conflict that killed thousands of people in the region and displaced hundreds of thousands of others.Tune InMust Watch
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