Trump Orders US Nuclear Testing to Match Russia, China Amid Global Tensions

President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to resume U.S. nuclear weapons testing immediately, aiming to match the nuclear testing programs of Russia and China. He emphasized that the United States holds more nuclear weapons than any other country and justified the decision as a necessary response to other nations' testing efforts. This move marks the first U.S. nuclear test activity in over three decades and was announced shortly before Trump's summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The decision has drawn warnings from Russia and China, who caution it could destabilize global security and escalate nuclear arms competition. Experts note that renewed nuclear testing risks undermining long-standing treaties like the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and could trigger reciprocal testing by other nuclear powers, increasing the risk of radioactive fallout and global insecurity. The announcement reflects growing tensions in international nuclear relations and concerns about the erosion of the nuclear nonproliferation regime.