Trump repeats India-Pak conflict claim, criticises Obama over Nobel

Claiming yet again that he solved the conflict between India and Pakistan US President Donald Trump has said that no one in history is more deserving than him of the Nobel Peace Prize as he criticised former President Barack Obama for getting the honour even though he didnt do anythingTrump during a meeting in the White House on Friday with oil and gas executives to discuss plans for the Venezuelan oil reserves also reiterated his claim that eight jets were shot down in the conflict in May last year without clarifying to which country they belongedLook whether people like Trump or dont like Trump I settled eight wars big ones Some going on for 36 years 32 years 31 years 28 years 25 years some just getting ready to start like India and Pakistan where already eight jets were shot out of the air Trump saidThe US president also said that Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif who had visited the White House last year credited him for saving millions of lives by stopping the conflict between the two nucleararmed neighboursThis is the second time in as many days that Trump has claimed credit for stopping the conflict between India and Pakistan an assertion he has now made innumerable times since May 10 last year when he announced on social media that the two countries agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire after a long night of talks mediated by WashingtonThose expressing skepticism Iran was behind attacks should tell us who they think it was instead Make list of nations amp groups in region with ability to attack large vessels out in gulf It will become quickly apparent that Iran amp its surrogates are only ones that make sensemdash Marco Rubio marcorubio June 13 2019India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 last year targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistanoccupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civiliansIndia and Pakistan reached an understanding on May 10 to end the conflict after four days of intense crossborder drone and missile strikes India has consistently denied any thirdparty interventionTrump further said that no one in history is more deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize than him since he has stopped eight wars within eight months of his second term in the White HouseHe rebuked Obama for getting the Nobel Peace Prize shortly after assuming office in 2009 even though he didnt do anythingI cant think of anybody in history that should get the Nobel Prize more than me and I dont want to be bragging but nobody else settled wars Obama got the Nobel Prize He had no idea why He still has no idea He walks around he says I got the Nobel Prize Why did he get a Nobel Prize He got it almost immediately upon attaining office and he didnt do anything and he was a bad president Trump saidTrump asserted that one should get a Nobel Prize for every war you stopped These were major wars These were wars that nobody thought could be stoppedTrump claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him he had been trying to stop two of the wars for ten years and wasnt able to do itHe couldnt believe it So in theory you should get the Nobel Prize for every war you stopped Every one of them was major But I dont care about that What I care about is saving lives Ive saved tens of millions of lives he saidTrump was asked about Venezuelan opposition leader Mariacutea Corina Machado who dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize last year to him and has said she wants to give the honour to himTrump said Machado will be coming to Washington next week and pay her regards to our country really to me but you know Im a representative of the country nothing else and shes coming in sometime next weekHe said its very nice that Machado wants to come in and thats what I understand the reason is because Norway is very embarrassed by what took place I mean theyre getting decimated referring to Machados offer to give her Nobel Prize to him when the Oslobased Nobel committee did not honour him last yearBut Im honoured that shes coming here I look forward to meeting her he saidA day earlier in an interview to Fox News Trump said again that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan the two nuclear powers ready to go at it bigThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever