U.S. President Trump justifies decision to restart testing of nuclear weapons; says Pakistan, China doing it

Pakistan and China are among the countries which are testing nuclear weapons, U.S. President Donald Trump has said to justify his administration’s plans to resume testing of the U.S.’s own nuclear assets after a gap of over three decades.

Ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week, Mr. Trump announced that the U.S. will start testing nuclear weapons on an “equal basis” with rival powers.

In an interview with CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell on Sunday (November 2, 2025), the U.S. President named Russia, China, North Korea and Pakistan as the countries testing nuclear weapons.

“Russia’s testing, and China’s testing, but they don’t talk about it. You know, we’re an open society. We’re different. We talk about it.... We’re gonna test, because they test and others test,” Mr.