Former U.S. President Donald Trump is once again making headlines with bold claims about his foreign policy achievements. He recently asserted that he successfully mediated an end to 11 international conflicts, a list that prominently features the volatile relationship between India and Pakistan.The claim was amplified when Trump shared a post on social media from Congressman Byron Donalds, which enumerated the supposed mediations Beyond the India-Pakistan dispute, the list includes a range of global flashpoints: Armenia-Azerbaijan, Cambodia-Thailand, Congo-Rwanda, Egypt-Ethiopia, and Serbia-Kosovo. It also details five separate agreements involving Israel with Iran, Morocco, Sudan, the UAE, and Bahrain.This isn't the first time Trump has positioned himself as the sole peacemaker between the two nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors. He has repeatedly suggested that his personal intervention and the strategic use of trade leverage were instrumental in preventing a major war.In previous statements, he implied that the threat of withholding trade deals was the key to de-escalation.However, these claims have been consistently and firmly denied by officials in India. The Indian government maintains that its decisions were sovereign and not influenced by any third-party intervention. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has publicly refuted Trump's assertions, stating that any ceasefire was the result of direct negotiations between India and Pakistan, with no external involvement.This stance from India is in line with its long-held policy of bilateralism in its disputes with Pakistan, explicitly rejecting third-party mediation. Interestingly, even Pakistani diplomats have contradicted Trump's narrative, confirming that India had rejected any role for outside mediators.While Trump's supporters point to these claims as evidence of a strong and effective "peacemaker" presidency, with some even suggesting a Nobel Peace Prize is in order, foreign policy experts urge a more cautious interpretation.They argue that while the Trump administration was involved in various international dialogues, labeling them as single-handedly "settled" conflicts is an oversimplification. Many of these disputes were not full-scale wars, and several remain unresolved.As the political landscape continues to evolve, these claims add another chapter to the ongoing debate surrounding Donald Trump's impactful and often controversial tenure on the world stage.
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