Trump Proposes Nuclear Disarmament Talks with Xi and Putin

Trump has returned to the nuclear issue by proposing an agreement with Russia and China to halve defense budgets. The effects of 'peace through force'

Trump Is Right – Cut Everything, Even Bloated Defense Budget

By Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity | February 26, 2025 President Trump made a very strong statement on Feb. 13 which will be revolutionary in nature if he can carry it out. He said there is no reason that we should be spending a trillion dollars a year on the military and that we should cut defense spending in half. He also said we should not be building any more nuclear weapons when we already have enoug…

Trump: Military Spending Could Be Cut in Half and There’s No Reason To Build New Nuclear Weapons

The president said he wants to have a global conference with Russia and China to discuss cutting military spending.

Trump must avoid an 'ugly deal' with China

Just a few weeks into Donald Trump's U.S. presidency, diplomatic and economic tensions between the U.S. and China are intensifying. On Feb. 4, Trump imposed an additional 10% tariff on all imports from China, signaling that further increases may follow.

Trump’s “Denuclearization” Is a Nonstarter – But There Is a Future for Arms Control

No military capability is inherently destabilizing, and weapons themselves don’t make war. Politics and diverging national interests between rivals are the chief drivers of armed conflict. Deterrence failure is rarely, if ever, the result of “miscalculating” madmen or “accidental” and “unintentional” behavior.

Trump Proposes Talks with Russia and China on Slashing Nuclear Stockpile, Defense Budgets

In more foreign policy news, Trump has proposed talks with China and Russia aimed at reducing nuclear stockpiles and slashing all three of the countries’ defense budgets in half — including the U.S.