The ceasefire between India and Pakistan earlier this month was only achieved after US President Donald Trump offered the two countries trading access, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in a legal submission defending the White House’s tariff policy.

Pictures of Modi in an Indian Air Force fighter pilot uniform are all over the country, as the BJP works overtime to project him as the dynamic leader who delivered “victory.”

India has long maintained that its engagement with Pakistan on ceasefire mechanisms stems from bilateral military-to-military dialogue and not from third-party pressure.