‘Stopped five of eight wars’: Trump claims tariff threats helped avert major conflicts

In a sharply worded message on Saturday, US President Donald Trump asserted that tariffs had been central to his foreign policy, declaring that he used them as a threat in five out of the eight wars he said he managed to stop. He maintained that the United States is taking in “trillions of dollars” from countries across the world through tariffs, which he suggested have strengthened the US economy.

Writing on Truth Social, Trump said he halted five of the eight wars “directly because of the threat of tariffs” and credited tariff-driven revenue for the influx of “Investment Dollars from foreign lands”.

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Trump’s latest statement follows his repeated claim earlier this year that tariffs helped prevent a military confrontation between India and Pakistan, although India has not confirmed any such involvement. Taking aim at his predecessor Joe Biden, Trump argued that there is now “no inflation” and described inflation under Biden as “the worst in USA History”.

He added that the stock market had reached an “ALL-TIME HIGH for the 48th time in 9 months”, using the moment to criticise figures including Leonard Leo, the Koch network and others he accused of having “ripped off” the United States through tariffs in the past.

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Trump went on to say that the United States is currently the “richest, strongest, and most respected” it has ever been, attributing this to “November 5th”, the date of the 2024 US Presidential election, and to the tariffs he has championed.