New Delhi:
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shared details of her conversation with a resident from Jammu and Kashmir. She mentioned expressing gratitude to President Donald Trump for his role in stopping military hostilities between India and Pakistan.
Recently, the Trump administration reportedly facilitated a ceasefire following military actions that began with Operation Sindoah, which resulted in casualties and damage to infrastructure. India later indicated that the ceasefire was achieved after discussions at the DGMO level between the two nations.
Leavitt also shared an encounter with a waiter in Doha, Qatar. She stated that airspace closures and safety concerns prompted her to thank Trump for helping mediate a ceasefire that allowed the waiter to return home. “He mentioned how President Trump doesn’t get enough credit for literally preventing nuclear conflict – and he is right!” she noted in her post on X.
White House representatives commented that Trump has inherited various global conflicts, and he is addressing them individually. “Peace is restored through strength!” she reiterated.
This morning, at breakfast in Doha, my waiter told me to thank President Trump.
I asked him why.
He shared he was from Kashmir and had been unable to return home for weeks due to the conflict, but he learned he could now…
– Karoline Leavitt (@karolineleavitt) May 15, 2025
During a speech at Aldeudaid Air Force Base in Qatar on Thursday, Trump reaffirmed his role as a peace facilitator, which led to a ceasefire on May 10, following an incident that claimed 26 civilian lives since the April 22 attack near Palalgham.
“I don’t want to boast, but I was quite aggressive last week in trying to resolve issues between Pakistan and India,” he remarked.
Operation Sindoah involved India attacking nine terrorist targets in both Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. This initiated a series of retaliatory attacks on infrastructure. However, conditions in the border regions have stabilized since the ceasefire, allowing for the reopening of 32 airports in northern and western India for civil operations.
