Trump Proposes Nuclear Arms Talks

President Donald Trump announced his intention to restart nuclear arms control talks with Russia and China, aiming for an agreement where all three nations would cut their defense budgets in half. Speaking from the Oval Office, Donald Trump expressed concern over the massive spending on nuclear weapons and predicted that China would match the nuclear capabilities of the United States and Russia within five to six years. He stated that he would seek meetings with Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China to propose these cuts once situations in the Middle East and Ukraine are resolved. Donald Trump previously attempted to include China in nuclear arms reduction talks during his first term, which failed. Russia suspended its participation in the New START treaty during the Joe Biden administration, highlighting the current challenges in arms control.