Well, that’s one way to begin a summit, certainly.
Just prior to meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea on Thursday, President Donald Trump announced that the United States is restarting nuclear weapons testing for the first time in 33 years.
While the move was ostensibly spurred on by an announcement that Russia had begun testing on novel undersea nuclear weapons in addition to testing cruise missiles and conducting launch drills, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation noted, the message was loud and clear to Moscow’s most powerful ally: The days of watching America’s enemies play catch-up to our military are over while Trump is in the White House.
“Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start
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