On May 11, Trump claimed on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire after a “long night” of talks mediated by Washington. He has repeated the claim over a dozen times that he “helped settle” the tensions between India and Pakistan.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor criticized the notion of mediating between India and Pakistan, emphasizing the lack of equivalence between terrorists and their victims. He argued that one cannot mediate between a democracy and a state that harbors terrorism,