Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday praised US President Donald Trump for bringing “peace” between India and Pakistan, calling him a “transformative president.”
During bilateral talks at the White House, Carney lauded Trump’s influence on global affairs and economic stability. “You are a transformative president the transformation in the economy, unprecedented commitments of Nato partners to defence spending, peace from India, Pakistan through to Azerbaijan, Armenia, disabling Iran as the force of terror,” Carney said in the Oval Office, as Trump nodded in response.
Carney, who took office in April, previously met Trump in May during an earlier visit to Washington. His remarks on Tuesday signal a notable shift in Canada’s stance after months of diplomatic unease over Trump’s tariff threats and the controversial remarks he made earlier this year claiming that Canada should be “annexed” into the United States.
TRUMP SAYS TARIFFS HELPED AVERT GLOBAL CONFLICTS
Trump, in a separate address on Monday, again took credit for using tariffs to stop global wars, including one between India and Pakistan. He argued that the United States’ trade leverage had positioned it as a “peacekeeping” nation.
“If I didn’t have the power of tariffs, you would have at least four of the seven wars raging,” Trump said. “If you look at India and Pakistan, they were ready to go at it. Seven planes were shot down… I don’t want to say exactly what I said, but what I said was very effective.”
Since May 10, when Trump repeated that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire after a “long night” of discussions reportedly mediated by Washington, he has repeated the claim nearly 50 times, asserting that his diplomatic efforts “helped settle” tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
India, however, has firmly rejected any suggestion of third-party mediation. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has repeatedly maintained that the ceasefire understanding was reached directly through established military communication channels between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan.
India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting terror infrastructure across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack, which killed 26 civilians. The cross-border exchanges escalated into four days of intense drone and missile strikes before the two sides agreed to a cessation of hostilities on May 10.
Despite New Delhi’s denials, Trump has continued to portray himself as the key mediator who “prevented a major war” in South Asia.
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With inputs from agencies
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