President Trump, during a press conference at the White House, indicated that he may visit India next year. The press conference was held to announce a deal aimed at lowering the price of weight-loss drugs.
During the event, Trump reiterated that applying tariffs on countries was a national security measure and a tool he used to prevent wars. He referred to the recent conflict between India and Pakistan as an example of his success with this approach.
Asked about the Supreme Court’s ongoing hearing on the legality of tariffs imposed by his administration, Trump emphasized that tariffs were akin to a national security initiative. He stated, “I use them for national defense. I ended… say five or six (wars) because of tariffs.”
Trump elaborated on the India-Pakistan conflict, saying, “If you take a look at India and Pakistan, they started to fight. The two nuclear nations were shooting at each other. Eight planes were shot down. There was seven, now it’s eight, because the one that was sort of shot down is now abandoned, and eight planes were shot down.”
He continued, “And I said, listen, if you guys are going to fight, I’m going to put tariffs on you. They both… were not happy about that, and within 24 hours they settled the war. If I didn’t have tariffs, I wouldn’t have been able to settle that war.”
When asked if he was planning to visit India, Trump responded, “Prime Minister largely stopped buying oil from Russia when you plan.” He added, “He’s a friend of mine, and we speak, and he wants me to go there. We’ll figure that out. I’ll go. I had a great trip there with Prime Minister… Modi’s… great man, and I’ll be going.”
Asked if his visit could happen next year, Trump said, “It could be. Yeah.”
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