Trump Now Says '8 Planes Were Shot Down' in India-Pak Conflict

US President Donald Trump once again repeated his claim of brokering peace between India and Pakistan, but with a revised count of fighter jets downed during the combat from seven to eight. The two nuclear-armed

nations agreed to stop the military conflict in May only after he threatened to cancel their trade deals, Trump said.Speaking at the America Business Forum in Miami yesterday, Trumpo said that the India-Pakistan military conflict was among the eight conflicts that he stopped since taking office, besides Kosovo-Serbia and Congo-Rwanda, as he tried again to portray himself as a global peacemaker."I heard they (India-Pakistan) are going to war. Eight planes, seven planes were shot down. An eighth was really badly wounded. But eight planes were shot down, essentially. (0:34) And I said, this is war. And they were going at it. And they're two nuclear nations. I said, I'm not going to make any trade deals with you guys unless you agree to peace," he said.The President claimed Delhi and Islamabad opposed his trade threat and said their conflict had nothing to do with it."The two nations said 'No way. This has nothing to do...' I said, 'It has everything to do. You are nuclear powers. I'm not trading with you. We're not making any deals with you if you're at war with each other'," he said, adding that he got a call the next day from the two Asian countries informing that they have "made peace". "I said, 'Thank you. Let's do trade'. Isn't that great? Without tariffs, that would have never happened," said Trump as the crowd cheered for him.

India has outrightly rejected the US President's claim of brokering a ceasefire on May 10, insisting that the agreement to halt the military conflict was reached after Pakistani commanders pleaded with their Indian counterparts to stop the offensive.That, however, didn't deter Trump from repeating his claim. The 79-year-old US president has repeated his India-Pakistan claim at least 60 times, according to several reports.India struck terror camps deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on May 7 to avenge the death of 26 civilians by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists in J&K's Pahalgam. The hostilities ended after four days of cross-border firing and missile strikes, with Pakistan seeking a ceasefire.