Amid rising Iran-Israel tensions, Trump touts his past ‘peace efforts’ and vows to repeat the feat, calling on both sides to “make a deal.”
BY PC Bureau
June 15, 2025 — As fighting between Iran and Israel escalates into its third day, U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed he could bring peace between the two adversaries, drawing comparisons to what he called his previous interventions in global hotspots, including India-Pakistan, Serbia-Kosovo, and Egypt-Ethiopia.
Posting on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote, “Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal, just like I got India and Pakistan to make, in that case by using TRADE with the United States to bring reason, cohesion, and sanity into the talks.”
Trump’s comments come as tensions between Iran and Israel threaten to disrupt global trade. After Israel reportedly struck Iran’s South Pars gas field—shared with Qatar and the largest in the world—Iranian officials claimed the attack slashed their gas output by 12 million cubic meters daily. Analysts fear a prolonged conflict could jeopardize major chokepoints like Kharg Island and the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of global LNG and 14 million barrels of oil transit daily.
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India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) was quick to push back on Trump’s earlier claims about brokering peace between India and Pakistan. The MEA reiterated that any decision to halt military action had stemmed from direct talks between the two countries’ military commanders, not U.S. intervention or trade leverage.
🚨🇺🇸 TRUMP SAYS IRAN & ISRAEL SHOULD MAKE PEACE — LIKE HE DID WITH INDIA & PAKISTAN
The US President once again claims he brokered peace between India & Pakistan ‘using trade’, despite India emphasising the issue was resolved bilaterally. pic.twitter.com/qS1vCCqdiC
— Sputnik India (@Sputnik_India) June 15, 2025
Still, Trump insisted he was capable of brokering peace. “I do a lot, and never get credit for anything, but that’s OK, the PEOPLE understand. MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST GREAT AGAIN!” he said, doubling down despite the rising civilian toll in both Iran and Israel.
Trump also referenced his role in calming tensions in other geopolitical disputes:
“During my first term, Serbia and Kosovo were going at it hot and heavy… I stopped it,” he claimed, blaming current President Joe Biden for mismanaging follow-up diplomacy.
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On the Egypt-Ethiopia Nile River dispute, Trump credited his efforts for keeping the fragile peace intact, saying: “There is peace, at least for now, because of my intervention.”
As casualties mount and the risk of regional spillover grows, Trump’s latest remarks—part boast, part diplomatic ambition—have drawn mixed reactions globally, with some dismissing his comments as self-aggrandizing and others calling for urgent de-escalation through formal diplomacy.
