The 47th U.S president Trump has warned that “monster” nuclear weapons are the biggest threat to humanity and could easily “end the world” tomorrow. The President issued the stark warning in a TV interview on Sunday morning after he floated new arms controls with Russia and China.
Trump Warns: 'Monster' Nukes Could End the World 'Tomorrow.'
0
The US president gave the grim warning as he reminded the dangers of stockpiling nukes amid his push to kickstart arms control talks with Russia and China again.
Trump shared his concern during an interview, hinting at his plans for "arms control"
“The greatest [threat] is sitting on shelves in various countries called ‘nuclear weapons’ that are big monsters that can blow your heads off for miles and miles and miles,” Trump told Fox News
“We spend a lot of money of nuclear weapons, the level of destruction is beyond anything you can imagine,” he said in the wide-raging interview.
Trump elaborated by saying, “It’s just bad that you have to spend all this money on something that if it’s used, it’s probably the end of the world.”
Trump also reminded his stance against the world leaders and politicians who have spent years claiming climate change is posing the biggest threat to humanity.
“I watched [former President Joe] Biden for years say the existential threat is from the climate,” Trump said. “I said ‘No.'”
“They talk about the climate and they talk about the dangers of the climate but they don’t talk about the dangers of a nuclear weapon, which could happen tomorrow.”
Trump expressed a desire to restart nuclear arms talks with Russia and China, hoping the US, Russia, and China could eventually cut defense budgets in half
“There’s no reason for us to be building brand new nuclear weapons, we already have so many,” Trump said last month. “You could destroy the world 50 times over, 100 times over. And here we are building new nuclear weapons, and they’re building nuclear weapons.”
He added that he would look to engage in nuclear talks with the two countries once “we straighten it all out” in the Middle East and Ukraine.