President Trump's sudden announcement on October 9 about Hamas and Israel having both "signed on the First Phase of his Peace Plan for Gaza" might have prompted many Indians to call out de ja vous - reminding them of a similar Trumpian claim five months ago, taking credit for stopping the four-day-old India-Pakistan air war. The two claims have similarities, but also fundamental differences. These were both premature and prompted by ulterior motives, viz., a full-throated and self-serving quest for the Nobel Peace Prize, which ironically still eluded him. The differences between the two cases, however, are quite stark and...