US President-elect Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, US, on December 21, 2016. Photo: Reuters
WEST PALM BEACH/MOSCOW: US President-elect Donald Trump upped the stakes on Friday in a back-and-forth exchange with President Vladimir Putin over nuclear weapons that tested the Republican’s promises to improve relations with Russia.
Offering a glimpse of how he might conduct diplomacy after taking office on January 20, Trump reportedly welcomed a nuclear arms race with Russia and China and boasted that the United States would win it.
MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski said Trump told her in an off-air phone call: “Let it be an arms race. We …read more
Source: The Himalayan Times
