President Donald Trump defended his recent directive for the U.S. to resume nuclear weapons testing, telling CBS’s “60 Minutes” on Sunday that he does not want the country to be the sole global power adhering to a testing moratorium.

Trump’s instruction to the Department of War (DOW) to restart nuclear testing was delivered via a Truth Social post on Wednesday, just hours before he was scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his three-day Asia trip.

When pressed on the timing and rationale by CBS correspondent Norah O’Donnell, the former President asserted the need for the U.S. to ensure its arsenal is functional and keep pace with other nations.

“We’re the only country that doesn’t test. And I want to be— I don’t want to be the only country that doesn’t test,” Trump

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