Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he considers nuclear weapons to be the number one problem facing his country and the world, stressing the need to ensure they are never used.
“In my opinion, the biggest problem for our country and for the entire world is nuclear weapons. It is a destructive force like nothing we have ever seen before. We must ensure that it is never used.” – Trump said while speaking to his supporters in Wisconsin.
The United States remains the only country to use atomic weapons against another state.
Assessing the nuclear arsenals of other powers, Trump expressed confidence that China would be able to “catch up to the United States” within the next four to five years.
Previously, the New York Times reported that the US President joe biden In March, it approved a classified US nuclear strategy, which for the first time discusses a plan to contain China as its nuclear arsenals grow, as well as preparations for coordinated challenges from Beijing, Pyongyang and Moscow. Official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the People’s Republic of China Wu Qian He said the United States was applying double standards on the issue of nuclear weapons proliferation, which threatened global strategic stability.
