President Donald Trump used his Corpus Christi, Texas, rally on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, to retell — in his telling — how he says he stopped the India-Pakistan fighting earlier this year: a threat to hit both countries with 250 percent tariffs and cut off U.S. trade.
“I called up two great prime ministers and said, look, here’s the story. If you go to war, I’m going to put 250 percent tariff on each of you,” Trump said. Quoting Pakistan’s prime minister, he said he was credited with saving “at least 30 million lives” — then added: “So I didn’t get the Nobel Prize, but I saved 30 million lives. So that’s much better.” The account, the figures and the quotation are Trump’s, from his speech.
Video: RSBN livestream of the October 27, 2026 rally. Short excerpt used for news reporting.
