Nuclear Weapons

Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead,” former Obama administration U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul called President Donald Trump “confused” during a discussion about Trump instructing the Department of War to start testing nuclear weapons. Host Jake Tapper said, “What’s so confusing about this announcement by President Trump is Russia and China…

Nuclear weapons Trump Orders Pentagon to Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing, citing the need to maintain parity with China and Russia, just minutes before opening a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tokyo. The announcement comes…

Donald Trump made his announcement before meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping in South Korea Andrew Harnik/Getty Images US President Donald Trump has said that the country will resume nuclear weapons testing after a decades-long ban. But researchers speaking to New Scientist say there is no scientific need for such…

Skip to Main Content Politics He made the announcement on social media minutes before he met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday in South Korea. President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose together ahead of their summit talk at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea,…

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show looking at U.S.-China relations and President Trump’s threat to resume nuclear weapons testing. President Trump and President Xi Jinping met in South Korea and agreed to a one-year trade truce, but…

BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — President Donald Trump appeared to suggest the U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, saying it would be on an “equal basis” with Russia and China. The Kremlin pointed out that a global ban on nuclear tests has remained…

US President Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing immediately, “on an equal basis” with other countries’ testing programs. If Trump is referring to the resumption of explosive nuclear testing, this would be an extremely unfortunate, regrettable step by the United States. It would almost inevitably…

US President Donald Trump ordered the US military on Thursday to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a gap of 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump made the surprise announcement on Truth Social while he was aboard his Marine One helicopter flying to…

WASHINGTON, USA — President Donald Trump said Wednesday, October 29, 2025, that he has instructed U.S. military leaders to restart nuclear weapons testing, signalling a dramatic shift in long-standing American policy and raising concerns about a new global arms race. In a social media post published just before his arrival…

An unarmed AGM-86B Air-Launched Cruise Missile is released from a B-52H Stratofortress over the Utah Test and Training Range during a Nuclear Weapons System Evaluation Program sortie, 80miles west of Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., September 22, 2014. | Photo Credit: US AIR FORCE US President Donald Trump ordered the…