US President Donald Trump on Tuesday heaped praise on Pakistani General Asim Munir, saying, “I saved millions of millions of lives, and I loved the way he said it.” The US President also repeated his India-Pakistan ceasefire claims.
Trump said, “India and Pakistan were going at it. I called them both… They had just shot down seven planes… I said, if you do this, there’s not going to be any trade, and I stopped the war. It was raging for four days… The Prime Minister of Pakistan was here, along with the Field Marshal, who’s a very important guy in Pakistan… I didn’t even realise it was as beautiful as he said it. He said to a group of people that were with us… that this man saved millions of lives because he saved the war from going on. That war was going to get very bad.”
#WATCH | US President Donald J Trump says, "India and Pakistan were going at it. I called them both… They had just shot down seven planes… I said, if you do this, there's not going to be any trade, and I stopped the war. It was raging for four days… The Prime Minister of… pic.twitter.com/sNvRz2OssU
— ANI (@ANI) September 30, 2025
The statement comes as Trump noted his success with the Gaza peace plan. “Yesterday, we might have settled the biggest of them all. Although I’m not sure… Hamas has to agree. If they don’t, it will be very tough on them… All of the Arab nations, Muslim nations, have agreed. Israel has agreed. It’s an amazing thing,” he said.
Earlier on Monday, while announcing the Gaza peace plan with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said, “The Prime Minister and the Field Marshal of Pakistan were with us right from the beginning. Incredible. In fact, they have just issued a statement affirming their full commitment to this pact… They back this 100%.”
Trump’s praise comes after the meeting between Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and Asim Munir in the Oval Office last week on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
Trump compared the potential peace settlement in Gaza to his previous diplomatic interventions, including India-Pakistan, noting, “I’ve settled so many wars… Pakistan and India were very big. Both nuclear powers. I settled that. But yesterday could be the settlement in the Middle East. That hasn’t happened for 3,000 years.”
