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| US President Donald Trump said he wanted to rebuild the nuclear arsenal to ensure it was at the “top of the pack,” arguing the US has fallen behind in nuclear capabilities. | US President Donald Trump said he wanted to rebuild the nuclear arsenal to ensure it was at the “top of the pack,” arguing the US has fallen behind in nuclear capabilities. |
| In an exclusive interview to Reuters, Trump said that Russia has deployed a new cruise missile in violation of an arms control treaty, and that he would bring up the issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin if and when they meet. | In an exclusive interview to Reuters, Trump said that Russia has deployed a new cruise missile in violation of an arms control treaty, and that he would bring up the issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin if and when they meet. |
| Trump opposed a “one-sided” deal with Russia to cap deployment of nuclear warheads, Reuters reported. | Trump opposed a “one-sided” deal with Russia to cap deployment of nuclear warheads, Reuters reported. |
| The US president said he was “very angry” at North Korea's ballistic missile tests, adding that deploying US missile defense systems in Japan and South Korea was among the options to counter it, but that “there’s talks of a lot more than that.” | The US president said he was “very angry” at North Korea's ballistic missile tests, adding that deploying US missile defense systems in Japan and South Korea was among the options to counter it, but that “there’s talks of a lot more than that.” |
| China could solve the North Korea crisis “very easily if they want to” by pressuring Pyongyang to step back from bellicose actions, Trump said, according to Reuters. | China could solve the North Korea crisis “very easily if they want to” by pressuring Pyongyang to step back from bellicose actions, Trump said, according to Reuters. |
| “The United States will not yield its supremacy in this area to anybody,” White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters on Thursday, when asked to clarify the president’s comments. “Our goal is to make sure that we maintain America’s dominance around the world, and that if other countries flout it, we don’t sit back and allow them to grow theirs.” |