"This is number eight": Donald Trump takes credit after Gaza ceasefire deal

US President Donald Trump held a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday morning a day after announcing that the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas would begin soon reported news agency ANIAt the meeting he highlighted his administrations role in addressing global conflicts claiming that seven wars had been ended during his tenure and referring to the signing of the first phase of Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas as number eightWe settled seven wars or major conflicts but wars And this is number eight And the one that I thought would be maybe the quickest of all would be RussiaUkraine I think thats going to happen too But in the meantime theyre losing about 7000 people a week and that seems pretty badThat war should never have happened It would have never happened if I were President he said reported ANIHis remarks echoed those he made earlier on September 23 at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly where he claimed that within seven months of his presidency he had achieved what many thought impossibleTrump stated that he had ended seven unendable wars and reiterated his claim of having helped broker a truce between India and Pakistan earlier this yearIn just seven months I have ended seven unendable wars Donald Trump told world leaders They said they were unendable some were going for 31 years one was 36 years I ended seven wars and in all cases they were raging with countless thousands of people being killed reported ANIThe US President listed the conflicts he said were brought to a close under his watch citing Cambodia and Thailand Serbia the Congo and Rwanda Pakistan and India Israel and Iran Egypt and Ethiopia and Armenia and AzerbaijanTrump has repeatedly linked his claims at the UNGA with remarks he made earlier this week in Washington On September 21 while speaking at the American Cornerstone Institute Founders Dinner he again asserted that he played a role in stopping wars including between India and Pakistan and even suggested he should be honoured with the Nobel Prize for ending seven warsWe are forging peace agreements and we are stopping wars So we stopped wars between India and Pakistan Thailand and Cambodia Trump said at the event reported ANIExpanding on his claim he added Think of India and Pakistan Think of that And you know how I stopped that with trade They want to trade And I have great respect for both leaders But when you take a look at all of these wars that weve stoppedAt the same event Trump listed conflicts he said were halted under his leadership including Armenia Azerbaijan Kosovo and Serbia Israel and Iran Egypt and Ethiopia Rwanda and the CongoJust look at that India Pakistan Thailand Cambodia Armenia Azerbaijan Kosovo and Serbia Israel and Iran Egypt and Ethiopia Rwanda and the Congo We stopped all of them And 60 per cent of them were stopped because of trade he stated reported ANIHe further claimed that his pressure had been decisive Like with India I said Look were not going to do any trade if youre going to fight and they have nuclear weapons They stoppedTurning to the war in Ukraine Trump linked the conflict to his broader claim of being a peacemaker I said Well what about the seven others I should get a Nobel Prize for each one So they said but if you stop Russia and Ukraine sir you should be able to get the Nobel I said I stopped seven wars Thats one war and thats a big one he told the gathering reported ANITrump said he initially believed the conflict would be easier to resolve because of his ties with Moscow Because I have a good relationship with President Putin disappointed in him but I do I thought that would be the easiest one but well get it done one way or the other he said reported ANIHe suggested energy prices were directly linked to ending the war That oil drilling will automatically stop the war with Russia and Ukraine you get the prices down a little bit more thats got to stop it I am very disappointed in President Putin Anywhere between 50007000 people are dying every weekReiterating his criticism of Moscow Trump said the Russian president had failed to meet expectations He has let me down I mean hes killing many people and hes losing more people than hes you know than hes killing I mean frankly Russian soldiers are being killed at a higher rate than the Ukrainian soldiers Trump said at a press conference with UK Prime Minister Keir StarmerThe President acknowledged the limits of his influence admitting Even though I thought that the RussiaUkraine war would be the easiest one to solve it was not the caseHe insisted however that the war would not have begun had he been in office This was a thing that would have never happened had I been president If I were president it would have never happened And it didnt happen for four years Most people agree it didnt happen nor was it close to happening he stated reported ANITrump also recalled his past diplomatic outreach referring to his summit with Putin in Alaska where he urged the Russian leader to engage directly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky He said despite those efforts a peace deal did not materialise and the conflict which began with Moscows annexation of Crimea in 2014 escalated furtherThe war has since continued with Russia launching a largescale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 aiming to demilitarise and denazify the country according to President Vladimir Putin Fighting has persisted through 2024 and 2025 with Ukrainian counteroffensives alongside Russian gains in Donetsk and Luhansk In August 2024 Ukraine launched an incursion into Russias Kursk Oblast capturing territory and prisonersWith inputs from ANI