MIAMI: US President Donald Trump has claimed that eight aircraft were shot down during the Pakistan-India conflict.

Addressing a business forum in Miami, Trump said he had read in some newspapers that seven or eight planes were downed during the war. “One newspaper reported that seven aircraft were shot down, another mentioned losses on one side — I won’t name them, most of them give fake news,” he remarked.

Trump went on to assert that, in reality, eight aircraft were downed during the conflict between the two nuclear-armed nations.

He once again took credit for mediating peace, claiming that the war between Pakistan and India was halted “with the help of tariffs.”

Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump said that the ongoing government shutdown was the main reason for his party’s defeat in the New York mayoral election against Zohran Mamdani.

Speaking at an event in New York, Trump said the shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, negatively affected voter sentiment and damaged the Republican Party’s chances. He blamed the Democrats for the deadlock, saying their stubbornness led to a loss of public trust.

Trump stressed that flaws in the voting system also contributed to the loss. He claimed that mail-in voting encourages fraud and corruption and should be abolished. “We must reform voter registration laws to make future elections fair and transparent,” he said.