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Donald Trump: “I did it largely with tariffs. I said, look, you're going to…”

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That war was going and probably going nuclear. And just yesterday, the prime Minister of Pakistan said President Trump saved 35 million lives by getting them to stop. That's. And I did it largely with tariffs. I said, look, you're going to fight. That's fine, but you're not going to do business with the United States and you're going to pay a 200% tariff each country. And they called up and they said, we have made peace. Okay, I just want to thank you all. (44:28–44:37)

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Asserts that Trump used tariffs as a tool to stop the conflict between India and Pakistan.

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