U.S. President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on May 10 to announce a “full and immediate ceasefire” between India and Pakistan, crediting his administration’s “long night of talks” for brokering the truce. Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio played central roles in shuttling between New Delhi and Islamabad over the previous 48 hours to secure agreement from both sides.
In his post, Trump congratulated both governments “on using common sense and great intelligence,” and offered to “substantially” increase U.S. trade with India and Pakistan, while pledging continued engagement on the decades-old Kashmir dispute “after a ‘thousand years’”. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif publicly thanked Trump, Vance, and Rubio for their “leadership” and “valuable contributions,” framing U.S. involvement as a boost for regional peace. India, however, downplayed external mediation—its government statement emphasized that the ceasefire was negotiated bilaterally, without foreign “interference”.
Analysts say U.S. engagement marked a rare pivot from Washington’s prior stance of cautious detachment, but warn that durable peace will depend on sustained dialogue beyond this high-profile intervention.
