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The US president says the existing nuclear arsenal of Washington can destroy the world 100 times above.
The United States President Donald Trump has negotiated with China and Russia to discuss the reduction in nuclear reserves of the three countries and reduced his defense budgets by half.
Speaking to White House reporters on Thursday, Trump said he hoped to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin “When Things Calm.”
“When we stand up everything, then I want one of the first meetings I have (to be) with my president China, President Putin of Russia. And I want to say, let's reduce our military budget by half, “Trump said before meeting with Indian President Narendra Modi.
Trump said there is no “reason” to build new nuclear weapons when the existing Washington arsenal can destroy the world “100 times” and public funds can be spent on “other things that we really hope to be much more productive.”
Talking a day after discussing negotiations to end war in Ukraine In a phone call with PutinTrump said he and the Russian leader have agreed to pursue a reduction in weapons “in a very big way.”
“Here we build new nuclear weapons and they build nuclear weapons, and China builds nuclear weapons, and China is trying to catch up because you know, they are very essentially behind, but within five or six years they will be uniform Trump said.
Trump said it would be a “sad day” if the United States ever needed to use its nuclear weapons.
“This will probably be a forgetfulness,” he said.
The announcement of the US and Russia about The greater part of the reserves of nuclear weapons in the worldOwning approximately 10 805 warheads between them, according to the US -based weapons association, non -profit.
China is believed to have 600 warheads, according to non -profit, while France, the United Kingdom, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea are thought to have about 1,000 among them.
The United States is spending more on the military than any other country, although other countries' military budget estimates often underestimate their size because of their more free purchasing power.
The US Congress has allocated $ 895 billion in defense for fiscal 2025.
The expected military spending in China is expected to reach $ 185 billion this year, according to a Rand Corporation.
Last year's military spending amounted to $ 145.9 billion, according to an estimate of the International Institute for Strategic Research.
On Monday, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov warned that the circumstances of the renewal of the new contract to reduce strategic weapons, which set a restriction on the deployment of strategic nuclear warheads, “did not seem very promising” before its planned expiration in February next a year.
Pact is the last remaining arms control agreement between the two most nuclear forces in the world after Trump's first administration withdraw Washington Of the Nuclear Poward Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) because of the alleged violations of the Moscow Pact.
Later, Trump unsuccessfully tried to seal a three-way deal to control the weapons with Putin and SI.
While Moscow expressed interest in the idea, Beijing rejected the proposal, citing, among other reasons, Washington's decision to get out of the INF.
