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Trump wants to talk to Putin and XI about nuclear disarmament
Updated on 13.02.2025 – 9:21 pmReading time: 1 min.
The relationship between the United States with Russia and China has been very tense in recent years. President Donald Trump now wants to approach again and is looking for the conversation.
US President Donald Trump wants to take talks about nuclear disarmament with Russia and China. To do this, he could also imagine a three-person meeting with the president of both countries, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, “if things have calmed down,” said Trump in the White House in Washington. He wanted to speak to both individually, but also together, said the Republican. “I would like to say: Let’s reduce our military budget by half.” It is nonsensical that the three countries spent so much for the military and nuclear weapons.
He is concerned with reducing the number of nuclear weapons, “and also that we don’t have to spend as much money on weapons, for military weapons in general”.
“There is no reason for us to build new nuclear weapons. We already have so many,” said Trump. “You could destroy the world 50 times or 100 times and we build new nuclear weapons and they build nuclear weapons.” The money could be invested differently, he argued. Denuklearization is a “beautiful” word.
Trump emphasized that he had a good relationship with both Putin and XI. “It’s about people.” He doesn’t care who took the first step. It is crucial what comes out as a result.
