Washington: US President Donald Trump has once again made headlines with bold assertions regarding global conflict resolution, declaring that brokering peace between Pakistan and Afghanistan would be “an easy one” for him to accomplish. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump framed the Afghan-Pakistan dispute as his “number nine” peace initiative, following what he described as the resolution of eight previous wars.
Trump acknowledged ongoing hostilities, stating, “Although I do understand that Pakistan attacked, or there is an attack going on with Afghanistan. That’s an easy one for me to solve if I have to solve it. In the meantime, I have to run the USA, but I love solving wars.” The president emphasized his self-perceived expertise in international diplomacy, presenting the South Asian conflict as a challenge well within his capabilities.
Reiterating his track record, Trump claimed credit for negotiating peace in several conflict zones, including India-Pakistan, Rwanda, and the Congo. His assertions on Indo-Pakistani relations have been firmly rejected by New Delhi, which maintains that agreements on cessation of hostilities were reached through direct military talks between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the two nations.
Trump lamented not having received a Nobel Peace Prize, despite claiming to have “solved eight wars.” He said, “Go to Rwanda and the Congo, and talk about India and Pakistan. Look at all of the wars that we solved, and every time I solved, when they said, ‘If you solve the next one, you’re going to get the Nobel Prize.’ I didn’t get a Nobel Prize. Somebody got it who is a very nice woman. I don’t know who she is, but she was very generous. I don’t care about all that stuff. I just care about saving lives. But this (Pak-Afghan conflict) will be number nine.”
Trump contrasted his approach with previous US presidents, asserting that no other leader had successfully ended wars during their tenure. “So, to the best of my knowledge, we’ve never had a president who solved one war. Not one war. Bush started a war... But I saved tens of millions of lives,” he claimed, framing himself as an unparalleled peacemaker on the global stage.
The remarks come amid ongoing tensions along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, where sporadic clashes have continued to destabilize the region. While Trump’s comments drew attention, analysts suggest that brokering peace in South Asia would involve complex geopolitical, historical, and strategic considerations far beyond a single leader’s unilateral intervention.