'Bigger success than I’ll ever be given credit for': Donald Trump says he made peace between India and Pakistan at brink of 'N-word'

US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that India and Pakistan "were very close" to a Nuclear conflict in the recent escalation between the two South Asian nations following the terror attack in Pahalgam and the following Operation Sindoor by India. When asked by Fox News host Bret Baier about recent foreign policy "successes" right before his recently concluded trip to the Middle East, including getting India and Pakistan "back from the brink", Trump said, "A bigger success than I’ll ever be given credit for. Those are major nuclear powers. Those are not like a little bit. And they were angry."Trump then referred to what he called "the N-word." "And the next phase was probably. Did you see where it was getting. It was tit for tat. It was getting deeper and more. I mean, more missiles. Every. Everyone was stronger, stronger to a point where the next ones are going to be. You know what the N word. You know what the N word is, right?" Trump said. The interviewer, Bret Baier, replied, "Nuclear." Trump answered, "Yeah," and Baier said, "Thank you, thank you for the clarification."Trump went on to say, "It's the N word. That's a very nasty word, Right. In a lot of ways, the N word used in a nuclear sense, that's the worst thing that can happen. And I think they were very close. The hatred was great. And I said, we're going to talk about trade. We're going to do a lot of trade... I'm using trade to settle scores and to make peace."Trump made the remark while talking about his past efforts to de-escalate tensions between India and Pakistan. India began Operation Sindoor on May 7 in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed. The Indian Armed Forces targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Over 100 militants from groups like Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Hizbul Mujahideen were killed.After India's operation, Pakistan responded with shelling across the Line of Control and Jammu and Kashmir. There were also drone attack attempts along the border areas. India then carried out a coordinated attack and hit radar systems, communication centres, and airfields at 11 airbases in Pakistan. On May 10, both countries agreed to stop hostilities.