Trump directs Pentagon to match Russia and China in nuclear weapons testing

<p>US president makes threat in Truth Social post in wake of Russian nuclear-powered weapons tests, and shortly before meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/oct/30/donald-trump-xi-jinping-meeting-live-updates">Trump meets Xi in South Korea – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to immediately start matching other nuclear powers in their testing of nuclear weapons, specifically citing Russia and China.</p><p>In a Wednesday <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115460423936412555">post to Truth Social</a>, Trump said that “because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/trump-pentagon-us-nuclear-weapons">Continue reading...</a>