Trump: US in Denuclearization Talks With Russia, China — SkimNews
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- Trump told Newsmax the US is in talks with Moscow and Beijing aimed at denuclearizing the countries with the largest nuclear weapons stockpiles
- Newsmax reported Trump had spoken with Chinese President Xi Jinping about denuclearization
- SIPRI data cited in the report ranks Russia first in stored nuclear warheads, followed by the United States and China, while the US outpaces Russia on deployed warheads
- Trump said he expects China to "catch up" with the US on nuclear capabilities within the next five years
- The New START treaty expired earlier this year after a single five-year extension agreed by Biden and Putin, with any new extension requiring an executive decision to reinstate its limits
Why it matters: The New START treaty expired earlier this year, leaving no binding limits on US and Russian strategic nuclear arsenals for the first time since 2010. Trump's trilateral talk track, announced in a cable-news interview rather than at the negotiating table, is the only framework on the table now that the formal bilateral architecture has lapsed.
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