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July 19, 2025: During the conflict between India and Pakistan in May, US President Donald Trump made a new claim that "five jets were shot down." He also reiterated his assertion that the fighting ended as a result of his intervention. The President of the United States of America did not specify whether either of the two nations lost the jets individually or collectively. New Delhi has been asserting that the two sides halted their military actions following direct talks between their militaries without the US acting as a mediator, effectively rejecting Trump's claim that the conflict has been resolved. “You had India, Pakistan, that was going... in fact, planes were being shot out of the air... four or five,” Trump said at a dinner he hosted for Republican senators on Friday at the White House. However, I believe five jets were actually shot down—that was getting worse, wasn't it? He stated, "That was looking like it was going to go, these are two serious nuclear countries, and they were hitting each other." He was referring to the two countries. India and Pakistan, on the other hand, were fighting, and it was getting worse and worse. Additionally, we solved it through trade. "You guys want to make a trade deal," we said. If you intend to use weapons, possibly nuclear weapons, we will not enter into a trade agreement with you. Trump stated, "both very powerful nuclear states." According to him, his administration accomplished more in six months than nearly any other administration could in eight years. “We stopped a lot of wars, a lot of wars, which is something I'm very proud of. Additionally, these were major wars, Trump stated. Since May 10, Trump has repeatedly stated that he "helped settle" the tensions between India and Pakistan and that he told the nuclear-armed neighbors of South Asia that the United States would engage in "a lot of trade" with them if the conflict was stopped. In response to the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 and targeted terrorist infrastructure in Pakistani-controlled territories. The terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which has a front in Pakistan, had claimed responsibility. The strikes sparked intense fighting for four days, which culminated in a May 10 agreement to end the military actions. The Resistance Front was named a foreign terrorist organization by the United States on Thursday. The Resistance Front (TRF) has been added to the Department of State's list of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT), according to a statement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The US decision to designate TRF as a designated FTO and SDGT was welcomed by India.