In the aftermath of a high-profile meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on May, US President Donald Trump explained why he invests his time and energy mediating in global conflicts even if they don’t affect US on significant scale. In his justification, the US President once again claimed that his administration played a decisive role in averting a nuclear escalation between India and Pakistan, claiming his primary goal is to save lives.In a interview with Fox News, Trump was asked in context to Russia-Ukraine war about being involved in conflicts that don’t significantly impact US. “This (Russia-Ukraine war) does not impact the United States as much as it does our allies in Europe. The Middle East, when we get involved in the Middle East. But you’re doing it anyway. Now, why? Is it to save lives? You want to save the world?” asked Sean Hannity. Trump in response said, “Number one, to save lives in all cases, because wars are wars. When you see what would have happened with Cambodia as an example. Now, I’m not involved, but I was involved in negotiating a trade deal. And I said, you guys are going to be fighting Thailand, Cambodia, so many different,” he said. Then he went on to mention India and Pakistan’s escalationg tensions in May. “Look at look at India. Take a look at India and Pakistan. They were shooting down airplanes already. And that would have been maybe nuclear. I would have said it was going to go nuclear. And I was able to get it done,” he said, reiterationg a claim that the US President has made multiple times in the past. “Number one is lives. And number two is everything else. Wars are very bad,” further said Trump.Also read: ‘Russia lost an oil client, which is India’- What Donald Trump said before meet with PutinHe made similar claims before heading to the meeting with Putin as well. As Trump spoke about the negotiations he facilitated since coming to power, he mentioned India and Pakistan. “I’ve solved six wars in the last six months, little more than six months now. And I’m very proud of it. We had one war raging, as you know, for 37 years. One in the Congo with Rwanda was raging for 31 years. We solved six of them. Made peace, not just solved them. If you look at Pakistan and India. Planes were being knocked out of the air. Six or seven planes came down. They were ready to go. Maybe nuclear. We solved that,” Trump said.Notably, India, in the past, has maintained that the understanding on cessation of hostilities with Pakistan was reached following direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the two militaries, without any mention of Trump’s involvement.Also read: Tariff relief in sight? What Donald Trump said on Russian oil buyers after meeting Putin
