{"id":30391,"date":"2026-04-30T21:15:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/04\/30\/trumps-stance-on-iran-refuses-to-label-conflict-as-war-talks-india-pakistan-peace-via-tariffs\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T21:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:15:23","slug":"trumps-stance-on-iran-refuses-to-label-conflict-as-war-talks-india-pakistan-peace-via-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/04\/30\/trumps-stance-on-iran-refuses-to-label-conflict-as-war-talks-india-pakistan-peace-via-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Stance on Iran: Refuses to Label Conflict as War; Talks India-Pakistan Peace via Tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump Talks Military Actions in Iran, Claims Progress on Global Conflicts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump addressed reporters, emphasizing that even with military operations underway in Iran, he will not label it a war. He stated that the U.S. has significantly diminished Iran&#8217;s navy and air force, suggesting the country is eager to negotiate a deal. Trump also mentioned that he has successfully \u201csettled\u201d eight different conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>During his remarks, Trump indicated that Iran&#8217;s military capabilities have greatly weakened. He claimed that their drone production is down by about 82% and asserted that the U.S. has effectively destroyed Iran\u2019s nuclear capabilities. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump Highlights Diplomacy in India-Pakistan Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to Iran, Trump discussed his role in the tensions between India and Pakistan. He relayed a message from a Pakistani minister who thanked him for preventing what could have been a catastrophic conflict, saying it could have saved \u201c30 to 50 million lives.\u201d He specified that during a high-tension period, 11 aircraft were shot down, but he managed to ease the situation using tariffs as leverage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told them that I would impose tariffs unless they stopped fighting,\u201d Trump explained.<\/p>\n<p>The President also noted that the U.S. will maintain its naval blockade of Iranian ports, especially as oil prices continue to rise amid the current tensions. \u201cTheir economy is collapsing,\u201d he remarked, highlighting the impact of the blockade on Iran\u2019s economic situation.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Trump\u2019s statements illustrate his focus on utilizing economic measures and diplomatic channels to address international conflicts.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump Talks Military Actions in Iran, Claims Progress on Global Conflicts On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump addressed reporters, emphasizing that even with military operations underway in Iran, he will not label it a war. He stated that the U.S. has significantly diminished Iran&#8217;s navy and air force, suggesting the country is eager to negotiate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[471,3131,1934,8963,1488],"class_list":{"0":"post-30391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-india-news","8":"tag-india","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-pakistan","11":"tag-tariffs","12":"tag-trump"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}