Trump calls for nuclear experts to work on 'new, improved, and modernized treaty'
President Donald Trump on Thursday called for U.S. nuclear experts to begin work on what he described as a "new, improved, and modernized Treaty," arguing that the United States should...
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President Donald Trump on Thursday called for U.S. nuclear experts to begin work on what he described as a "new, improved, and modernized Treaty," arguing that the United States should move away from extending the existing New START nuclear arms agreement. Trump made the remarks in a post on Truth Social as the administration weighs the future of U.S. nuclear arms control policy and whether it will seek to extend or replace New START, the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between Washington and Moscow. "Rather than extend ‘NEW START’ (A badly negotiated deal by the United States that, aside from everything else, is being grossly violated), we should have our Nuclear Experts work on a new, improved, and modernized Treaty that can last long into the future," Trump wrote. "The president wants to have our nuclear experts work on a new, improved and modernized treaty that can last long into the future," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a press briefing. "And that's what the United States will continue to discuss with the Russians." TRUMP VOWS TO 'KNOCK THE HELL OUT OF' IRAN IF NUCLEAR PROGRAM IS REBUILT AGAIN AFTER HIGH-STAKES MEETING Trump also made broader claims in his post about his role in preventing nuclear conflict, writing that he stopped "Nuclear Wars from breaking out across the World between Pakistan and India , Iran and Israel, and Russia and Ukraine." A White House official told Fox News that the Trump administration is still weighing next steps on nuclear arms control and that no final decision has been announced. "The President will decide the path forward on nuclear arms control, which he will clarify on his own timeline," the official said. TRUMP STUNS WITH CALL TO RESUME NUCLEAR TESTS — WHY NOW, AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN The official added that Trump "has spoken repeatedly of addressing the threat nuclear weapons pose to the world and indicated that he would like to keep limits on nuclear weapons and involve China in arms…