‘Sounds Like a Good Idea’: Trump Welcomes Putin’s Voluntary Nuclear Arms-Control Proposal
Trump supports Putin's proposal to extend the New START treaty, which limits deployed nuclear warheads to 1,550, aiming to maintain strategic stability amid ongoing tensions.
- U.S. President Donald Trump expressed openness to Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, saying, 'Sounds like a good idea to me.'
- The New START treaty, signed in 2010, limits each country to 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 800 missile launchers.
- Moscow suspended inspections of the treaty two years ago amidst increased tensions with the West and the conflict in Ukraine.
- Concerns persist regarding Russia's military ambitions, particularly its nuclear threats against Ukraine and the West following its invasion in February 2022.
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Trump Says Putin’s Nuclear Treaty Extension Proposal Sounds Like a Good Idea
U.S. President Donald Trump has welcomed a Russian proposal to voluntarily maintain limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons. Trump, speaking to reporters as he departed the White House on Oct. 5, said the offer from Russian President Vladimir Putin “sounds like a good idea.” The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START agreement, signed in 2010 and implemented the following year, limits each side to 700 deployed long-range missiles…
President Donald Trump of the United States called the Russian Federation's "good idea" the proposal by Vladimir Putin to extend the strategic offensive arms reduction treaty, which expires in February 2026.
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Trump suggests willing to extend arms control deal with Russia
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Sunday he was prepared to maintain a nuclear arms treaty between Washington and Moscow, after his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin proposed a one-year extension. “Sounds like a good idea to me,” Trump said at the White House when a reporter asked for his response to Putin’s offer to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty,


Trump Suggests Willing To Extend Arms Control Deal With Russia
United States President Donald Trump said Sunday he was prepared to maintain a nuclear arms treaty between Washington and Moscow, after his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin proposed a one-year extension.
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