00:00It was a very big deal. People have no idea. A lot of them say,
00:03oh, well, they weren't fighting. They were fighting.
00:05Eleven jets were shot down, very expensive jets.
00:09And they were all in. Both of them were all in, and now they're not.
00:19Five jets, seven jets, eight planes, ten, now eleven.
00:25The number keeps changing.
00:26U.S. President Donald Trump has once again claimed that multiple fighter jets were shot down
00:33during the May 2025 India-Pakistan conflict, this time putting the figure at eleven.
00:39Speaking at a Board of Peace event in Washington, Trump said both nations were all in,
00:45warning that bad things happened between nuclear powers and crediting himself for stopping the escalation.
00:52You know, bad things happen. So, Prime Minister, I want to thank you because that was a big,
00:58that was a very big deal. People have no idea. A lot of them say, oh, well, they weren't fighting.
01:02They were fighting. Eleven jets were shot down, very expensive jets. And they were all in.
01:09Both of them were all in, and now they're not.
01:13But here's the catch. Neither India nor Pakistan has officially confirmed any such numbers.
01:20The conflict traces back to April 22, 2025, when a deadly terror attack in Pahalgam killed 26 civilians.
01:28In response, India launched Operation Sindhur on May 7, targeting what it described as terror infrastructure
01:37inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
01:41Cross-border tensions escalated rapidly, with air and missile exchanges raising fears of a broader war
01:48between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.
01:51Pakistan initially claimed it had shot down five or six Indian jets, but provided no public evidence.
01:58India acknowledged some losses during the confrontation, but did not confirm aircraft numbers.
02:05Official silence from both sides left a vacuum, one that Trump has repeatedly filled with his own figures.
02:12Since May 10, 2025, when Trump announced on social media that a full and immediate ceasefire had been reached,
02:20he has claimed more than 80 times that his intervention prevented a nuclear war.
02:25He says he threatened 200% tariffs on both countries if they did not halt fighting.
02:32But the jet numbers in his narrative have steadily risen.
02:36In July 2025, he said five jets were shot down.
02:40By September and October, the number became seven.
02:43In November, it rose to eight.
02:46Earlier this month, it reached 10.
02:48Now, it stands at 11.
02:50Each retelling appears to heighten the drama.
02:54So why does the number keep changing?
02:57Analysts suggest the figures may be less about confirmed battlefield data and more about political messaging.
03:04By portraying the conflict as increasingly severe, Trump reinforces the idea that he stepped in at a decisive moment,
03:11preventing catastrophic escalation between two nuclear powers.
03:16In other words, the higher the stakes, the greater the credit.
03:20India, however, maintains that the cessation of hostilities followed direct communication between the Directors General of military operations of both
03:30countries,
03:31not outside pressure alone.
03:33New Delhi has consistently avoided endorsing Trump's claim that U.S. mediation was the decisive factor.
03:40The shifting jet count raises questions about credibility.
03:45Without official confirmation, the figures remain unverifiable.
03:49And yet, the story Trump tells remains consistent.
03:53Two nuclear nations on the brink, expensive jets falling from the sky, and a dealmaker stepping in to stop disaster.
04:01Whether five jets or 11 were downed, the narrative serves a political purpose, highlighting leadership, dealmaking strength, and influence on
04:12the global stage.
04:13The May 2025 conflict was real.
04:16The tensions were real.
04:18The risks were real.
04:20But as the numbers change, so does the debate.
04:22Is this an evolving intelligence picture?
04:25Or is it a rhetorical tool designed to magnify a diplomatic victory?
04:30One thing is certain.
04:32The jets may be disputed, but the message is clear.
04:36Trump wants the world to see him as the man who stopped a war between two nuclear nations.
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