China denies Trump’s explosive secret nuclear weapons testing claim

Trump had on Sunday mentioned that countries like Russia and China had conducted underground nuclear tests which were not known to the public. He said that the US would also do the same.

“I don’t want to be the only country that doesn’t test,” Trump said. “Russia’s testing, and China’s testing, but they don’t talk about it,” the US President told CBS during the ‘60 minutes’ program.

Trump also named North Korea and Pakistan among the countries conducting nuclear testing.

“We have more nuclear weapons than any other country. And I think we should do something about denuclearization. And I did actually discuss that with both President Putin and President Xi,” Trump said in the CBS interview. He said the US has nuclear weapons to “blow up the world 150 times.” “Russia has a lot of nuclear weapons, and China will have a lot,” he added.

Trump first revealed news regarding US plans to begin testing through a social media post on Thursday (October 30). Minutes before his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea.

“The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office,” the US President said in the post on Truth Social, adding that he “hated” it but “had no choice.

Trump further claimed that after United States, Russia has the most weapons, with China being a “distant third.”

“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,” he said.

However, there was confusion following the post on whether he meant conducting the country’s first nuclear explosion since 1992, according to AFP.