New Delhi, Jan. 21 -- In a U-turn, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he had settled eight wars, not for a Nobel Prize but for saving lives.

He also justified creating the Board of Peace and attacked the UN for not doing much that necessitated the creation of the Board (of Peace).

''You have to understand that I settled eight wars ... And I didn't do it for a Nobel Peace Prize but because I'm saving lives," he said at a press briefing at the White House.

Referring to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's praise, the US President said, "The Prime Minister of Pakistan was here, and he said President Trump saved 10 million people and may be much more than that."President Trump had said earlier that he had settled eight wars...