President Donald Trump wants a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia and China instead of extending the expired New START nuclear arms treaty.
Feb. 5 President Donald Trump wants a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia and China instead of extending the New START nuclear arms treaty with Russia that expired on Wednesday.
The New START treaty was a “badly negotiated deal” that Russia continually violated, and Trump wants to negotiate a new deal, he said in a Truth Social post made on Thursday.
“Rather than extend ‘New START’, we should have our nuclear experts work on a new, improved and modernized treaty that can last long into the future”, Trump said.
The president did not elaborate on how Russia violated the treaty’s terms and said he wants China to be part of any new strategic arms treaty with Russia.
The New START treaty stands for New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and limited the number of ballistic missiles, heavy bombers and warheads within the respective U.
