US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he has instructed the Department of Defense to immediately begin testing nuclear weapons, citing the need to keep pace with Russia and China’s expanding atomic programmes.

“The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social, declaring that the move marks the beginning of a new testing phase. “Because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.”

“This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my first term in office,” Trump wrote, claiming credit for a sweeping overhaul of the American nuclear arsenal. “Because of th

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