President Donald Trump says he threatened to eliminate trade with India and Pakistan to compel the two nations to accept a cease-fire deal over the weekend.
Speaking to reporters at the White House on May 12, Trump said his administration encouraged the subcontinent’s two nuclear powers to negotiate by threatening to revoke trade if they continued fighting.
“I said, ‘Come on, we’re going to do a lot of trade with you guys. If you stop it, we’re doing trade. If you don’t stop it, we’re not going to do any trade,’” Trump said.
“People have never really used trade the way I used it, that I can tell you….