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Washington / New Delhi, December 3, 2025 — In a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed that President Donald Trump deserves “tremendous credit” for brokering several international peace deals — including what he called “very dangerous ones like India and Pakistan.”
Rubio said that for the first time in decades, American foreign policy is being guided solely by whether it makes the United States “safer, stronger and more prosperous.” “If it is, he’s for it. If it doesn’t, he’s against it. And that sort of clarity is transformational,” he asserted.
He added: “Not to mention all the other peace deals, very dangerous ones like India and Pakistan or Cambodia and Thailand, and so on… Mr President, I think you deserve tremendous credit for the transformational aspect of our foreign policy.”
Earlier during the meeting, Trump repeated his claim of having resolved several global conflicts — including the India-Pakistan confrontation — and insisted that he should receive the Nobel Peace Prize for each of the “eight wars” he said he ended. He also referred to an ongoing effort to negotiate a peace deal in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
The remarks come after a May 2025 ceasefire between India and Pakistan — which Trump has repeatedly claimed was mediated by the United States.
However, New Delhi has consistently denied that any third-party intervention took place, stating the ceasefire was the result of direct understanding between the two militaries.
The statement by Rubio — as well as Trump’s repeated claims — has sparked criticism and raised questions about the real extent of U.S. involvement in South Asian diplomacy, and about whether such claims could further strain India–US relations.
