POLITICS

Trump Threatens to Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing, Minutes Before Xi Meeting

In the midst of a high-stakes diplomatic tour, President Trump used social media to threaten a resumption of nuclear testing for the first time in 33 years, minutes before a planned meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping, who is overseeing a rapid nuclear buildup. Trump said he had instructed the “Department of War” to begin testing “on an equal basis” immediately—a phrase that could signal a show of missile or undersea nuclear power rather than an actual test. China hasn’t tested since 1996; Russia hasn’t confirmed one since 1990.

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