Trump Wants Denuclearization Talks with Russia and China, Hopes for Defense Spending Cuts

As the countries with the largest nuclear arsenals, the United States and Russia should earnestly fulfill their special and priority responsibilities for nuclear disarmament, further reduce their nuclear arsenals by a substantial and substantial margin, and create the necessary conditions for other nuclear-weapon states to join the nuclear disarmament process,

the spokesperson added

Dialogue and negotiation is the only viable way out of the crisis,

Guo said, reiterating

China is glad to see enhanced communication and dialogue between Russia and the U.S. on a number of international issues."

Asked to comment on the Trump-Putin phone call, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said

China supports all efforts conducive to the peaceful settlement of the crisis, and will maintain communication with relevant parties and play a constructive role in promoting the political settlement of the crisis,

the spokesperson added

And here we are building new nuclear weapons and they’re building nuclear weapons and China is building nuclear weapons and China is trying to catch up because you know, they’re very substantially behind, but within five or six years, they’ll be even,

Trump said

I’d love to have them back. I think it was a mistake to throw them out. Look, it’s not a question of liking Russia or not liking Russia. It was the G8,

Trump said at the White House

There’s no reason for us to be building brand new nuclear weapons, we already have so many,

Trump said Thursday at the White House

We’re all spending a lot of money that we could be spending on other things that are actually, hopefully, much more productive,

he said

Settle now, and STOP this ridiculous War! IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE,

Trump wrote

Donald Trumppresident

I believe that's the reason the war started, because (predecessor president Joe) Biden went out and said that they could join NATO,

said Trump of Russia's February 2022 invasion

I think he wants peace. I think he would tell me if he didn't,

Trump said

When we straighten it all out, then I want to one of the first meetings I want to have is with President Xi of China, President Putin of Russia. And I want to say, let's cut our military budget in half,

Trump said, ... according to the AP

Pete Hegsethdefense Secretary

We also face a peer competitor in the Communist Chinese with the capability and intent to threaten our homeland and core national interests in the Indo-Pacific,

Hegseth said