American President Donald Trump said that Russia and China carry out nuclear tests “but don’t talk about it”, in an interview with CBS broadcast this Sunday (2). The approximately one and a half hour conversation with Trump for the ’60 Minutes’ program was recorded on Friday (31).
American President Donald Trump said that Russia and China carry out nuclear tests “but don’t talk about it”, in an interview with CBS broadcast this Sunday (2). The approximately one and a half hour conversation with Trump for the ’60 Minutes’ program was recorded on Friday (31).
The Chinese government denied the information on Monday (3). “China has always followed the path of peaceful development, maintains a policy of not using nuclear weapons as the first resort, adopts a nuclear strategy based on self-defense, and abides by its commitment to suspend nuclear tests,” Mao Ning, spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a news conference.
In the CBS interview, Trump reiterated that the United States will resume nuclear tests, like other countries. Trump had already announced on Thursday (30) that he had ordered the Pentagon to “start nuclear tests”, justifying that other countries such as China and Russia are also doing so.
“We will do the tests because others are doing them, like North Korea and Pakistan,” he said. “You know, as powerful as nuclear weapons are, the world is big and we don’t necessarily know where these tests are being conducted.”
“The tests are underground and people don’t really know what’s going on, they just feel a little vibration. So let’s do nuclear tests like other countries,” Trump insisted. He did not answer a question about the possibility of detonating a nuclear charge, which the United States has not done since 1992.
Energy Minister Chris Wright told the channel on Sunday Fox News that these are not “nuclear explosions”. “These are what we call ‘non-critical explosions,’ which test every other part of a nuclear weapon to ensure the correct geometry triggers the explosion,” he explained. “The tests we will carry out concern new systems and, once again, these are non-nuclear explosions”, reiterated the minister.
Over the past three decades, North Korea alone has carried out six nuclear tests, between 2006 and 2017. Russia (then the Soviet Union) and China have not done so since 1990 and 1996, respectively.
However, many countries, including the United States, regularly test carriers such as missiles, submarines, fighter aircraft, among others. Washington is a signatory to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), and a nuclear explosion would be a violation of the pledge.
“Maduro’s days are numbered”
During the interview, the American president also said he believes Nicolás Maduro’s days as president of Venezuela are numbered and downplayed the possibility of war against the Latin American country. “Will the United States go to war with Venezuela? I doubt it,” he said.
The campaign of air strikes that began in September against ships of suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean, presented by Washington as part of the fight against drug trafficking, has increased tensions in the region, especially with Venezuela. The sixteen known attacks have caused at least 65 deaths.
“The police do not exaggerate against migrants”
On immigration, Trump also said in the interview that federal police operations in the United States “don’t go too far,” after seeing images of police violence against migrants. “No, I don’t think they go far enough,” he responded, adding that the actions were “slowed down by liberal judges.”
“Yes, we need to see who these people are. Many of them are murderers, they were expelled from their countries because they are criminals,” Trump responded when asked about the methods used by the police.
As for arresting migrants without criminal records, Trump said “you need to establish a policy. And that policy needs to be, ‘You entered our country illegally, you’re going to leave,'” he reiterated. Trump has made the fight against illegal immigration a priority of his second term, denouncing an “invasion” of the United States by “foreign criminals”.
Federal Immigration Enforcement (ICE) operations against migrants have increased in recent months in the United States, especially in large cities governed by Democrats, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington and New York.
These actions sparked a protest movement in Los Angeles in early June. Trump responded by sending National Guard troops, which he also intends to do in major American cities, such as Chicago and Portland.
Military intervention in Nigeria
The American president also did not rule out a ground intervention or air strikes in Nigeria on Sunday, a day after threatening military action if the country does not stop what the American president says is a “persecution of Christians.” “They are killing Christians, and they are killing them in large numbers. We will not allow this to happen,” he declared.
With agencies
Source: Terra
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