The US President Donald Trump took credit for helping de-escalate a major crisis between India and Pakistan as he referred to it as the “N-word,” which is a veiled reference to the threat of nuclear conflict.

In an interview with Fox News with Brett Baier the US president said he stopped that war that was going to be the nuclear war, or it was close.

“Everyone [India and Pakistan] was stronger, stronger– to a point where the next one was gonna be you know what. The N word. You know what the N word is, right?” Trump asked.

Baier quickly said, “nuclear,” before thanking Trump for the clarification.

“It’s the N word. That’s very nasty word, right? In a lot of ways. The n word used in a nuclear sense,” Trump said.

He said that the worst possible outcome was about to happen, and he believed that the two sides were very close to it.

According to Trump, the level of hatred between India and Pakistan was extremely high.

He added that he proposed shifting the focus to trade discussions.

“You know we cannot forget them [Pakistan], and because it takes two to tango.”

“And with Pakistan, I also talked about trade. They [Pakistan] love to trade.”

Trump praised the products made in Pakistan and also stated that not much trade is being done with Pakistan.

“Of course in, I [Trump] told my people, call them [Pakistan and India] up, let’s start trading immediately. because I’m a man of my word.”

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