As RedState’s Rusty Weiss reported, President Donald Trump announced early Saturday morning that talks facilitated by the United States have led to a "full and immediate ceasefire" between India and Pakistan. The two nuclear-armed neighbors had ratcheted up tensions in recent days and had lobbed missiles at each other. The conflict was in response to a horrific terrorist attack in the Indian-administered Kashmir region that left 26 tourists dead. 

Although the exact group behind the slaughter has not been confirmed, the Indian government suspects Pakistan-based terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and also blames Pakistani security forces for not doing enough to prevent such attacks.

It turns out Vice President JD Vance, who was actually in India at the time of the assault, played an instrumental role in negotiating the ceasefire. It was decided he would get the job of calling Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi:

In his noon phone call with Modi, Vance made it clear that the U.S. believed that there was a high probability of dramatic escalation as the conflict went into the weekend. 

The vice president encouraged Modi to consider de-escalation options, including a potential off-ramp that U.S. officials knew the Pakistanis would be amenable to. 

Officials from all sides stayed up into the wee hours working for a breakthrough:

Modi listened to the vice president’s message, although he didn’t explicitly indicate openness to any of the options put forth. 

Vance's call to Modi came less than a month after he met with the Indian leader in New Delhi to discuss trade talks. 

From that point, key U.S. officials continued to work the phones with their counterparts in India and Pakistan into the night to help re-establish communications between the two sides, allowing them to work out terms for a ceasefire in the next 12 to 18 hours. 

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Although Vance had a big role, he gave a shout-out to Secretary of State Marco Rubio for his work:

Great work from the President’s team, especially Secretary Rubio.

And my gratitude to the leaders of India and Pakistan for their hard work and willingness to engage in this ceasefire. https://t.co/ddDzFMAT3H

— JD Vance (@JDVance) May 10, 2025

Rubio issued a statement saying the team had worked for more than 48 hours to achieve the deal:

🚨 JD VANCE and MARCO RUBIO helped spearhead the India-Pakistan ceasefire talks.

This is an example of strength.

Every single Trump voter asked for this.

We now have concrete evidence that strength on the world stage results in peace.

Just needed a new president and team. https://t.co/KgzZMDvCtW pic.twitter.com/5hp2L6JJRE

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 10, 2025

The $64,000 question is of course, will the ceasefire hold? India and Pakistan have had tense relations since the 1947 partition of British India, which created two independent nations with different religious majorities, with Hindus dominating in India and Muslims in Pakistan. Observers worry that an all-out war would be catastrophic for the region, and possibly the world if either side decides to go nuclear.

More: Can India and Pakistan Back Away From the Abyss of Nuclear War?

For now at least, this is a significant achievement by the Trump administration, and especially for Vance and Rubio.

Team Trump has been thinking outside the box, and it’s refreshing after four years of Biden malaise.

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