President Trump directed the Pentagon to begin conducting nuclear weapons tests.
“The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Because of the tremendous destructive power, I HATED to do it, but had no choice! Russia is second, and China is a distant third, but will be even within 5 years.”
“Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis,” he declared. “That process will begin immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded to Trump’s statement, telling reporters, “President Trump mentioned in his statement that other countries are engaged in testing nuclear weapons. Until now, we didn’t know that anyone was testing.”
When asked if nuclear tests would be dangerous, President Trump explained, “I don’t think so. I think we have it pretty well locked up.”
“But we have more than anybody, and I see them testing. I say, well, they’re going to test, I guess we have to test too. I’d like to see a denuclearization because we have so many,” he said. “Russia’s second and China’s third. China will catch up within four or five years. I think de-escalation, or denuclearization, would be a tremendous thing. We are actually talking to Russia about that, and China would be added to that if we do something.”
President Trump’s comments follow Russia carrying out tests of its Burevestnik nuclear-powered unlimited-range cruise missile, which Russian President Vladimir Putin called a “unique weapon that no other country possesses.”
