U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reignited a diplomatic debate by reaffirming former President Donald Trump’s claim that he helped end tensions between India and Pakistan during Trump’s presidency.

“We prevented and ended a war between India and Pakistan,” Rubio stated during an open cabinet meeting on Tuesday, highlighting what he called a major diplomatic achievement in Trump’s first six months.

At the subsequent State Department briefing, spokesperson Tammy Bruce addressed a Pakistani journalist’s question that mocked Indian ministers for denying U.S. involvement in the de-escalation. Bruce responded, “That’s an opinion. Some opinions are wrong.”

Bruce neither named Indian officials nor directly addressed the journalist’s accusations, but added, “The world is playing out on big and small screens… We have to make our own judgments.”

She mentioned that Vice President JD Vance and Rubio were involved in these talks, but offered no new evidence.

India has consistently rejected any third-party mediation claims. In a recent call, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Trump there had been no such involvement. Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar also dismissed the claim during visits to Washington and New York, reiterating that India and Pakistan resolved the situation directly.

Jaishankar noted that Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations contacted his Indian counterpart directly to initiate a ceasefire.

The briefing veered into broader reflections, with Bruce speaking about evolving media and information access, but without offering proof of Trump’s claimed intervention.

Asked about Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir’s supposed Nobel nomination for Trump, Bruce said the former president likely won’t win but deserves it, especially for the Abraham Accords.

“But what he has received is the biggest prize of all—the presidency of the United States,” she concluded.