New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- Donald Trump used his 2026 State of the Union address to claim that he prevented the assassination of Pakistan's Prime Minister and averted a nuclear war between India and Pakistan during last year's hostilities. The remarks, delivered as part of a sweeping catalogue of foreign policy achievements, immediately drew scrutiny for their scale and specificity.

"In my first 10 months, I ended eight wars... Pakistan and India would have had a nuclear war. 35 million people said the Prime Minister of Pakistan would have died if it were not for my involvement," Trump said.

The comments marked the first time he has publicly claimed to have saved Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's life by intervening in what he described as Ind...