Trump Calls India’s Strike on Pakistan ‘a Shame,’ Rubio Urges De-escalation

US President Donald Trump said he had just been informed of India’s military strikes inside Pakistan and described the escalation as “a shame,” telling reporters at the White House he hopes the fighting “ends very quickly.” Trump noted that the two South Asian neighbours “have been fighting for a long time—many decades and centuries,” but gave no indication of immediate US action beyond urging a swift resolution. In a separate statement, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the State Department is “monitoring the situation between India and Pakistan closely.” Rubio said he had spoken with national security advisers from both countries and called on them to keep lines of communication open and avoid further escalation, echoing the president’s appeal for restraint. The remarks from Washington came hours after New Delhi launched “Operation Sindoor,” a precision strike on what it said were terrorist infrastructure sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. Islamabad condemned the action and vowed retaliation, intensifying concerns about a broader confrontation.