President Donald Trump on Monday expressed hope that he and the presidents of China and Russia might jointly agree to scale back defense spending, writing on Twitter that he was “certain” that such talks would take place and calling the amount of money the U.S. spends on defense “crazy.”
“I am certain that, at some time in the future, President Xi and I, together with President Putin of Russia, will start talking about a meaningful halt to what has become a major and uncontrollable Arms Race,” the president wrote online. “The U.S. spent 716 Billion Dollars this year. Crazy!”
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Source: European Voice
