Putin says ‘nothing unusual’ about Trump’s nuclear call

The release of the letter, dated December 15, came hours after Trump, when asked about the possible consequences of his call to strengthen American nuclear capabilities, reportedly told MSNBC: “Let it be an arms race“. He then spoke on the phone with MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski, who reported on air Friday morning that the president-elect said, “Let it be an arms race”.

President-elect Donald Trump alarmed people across the globe on Friday when he tweeted about expanding and strengthening the United States’ nuclear capabilities.

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday released a letter he received from Vladimir Putin and praised the Russian president by saying “his thoughts are so correct”.

Pressed further to address Trump’s “arms race” comment, Spicer said, “There is not going to be [an arms race]”.

The United States is one of five nuclear weapons states allowed to keep a nuclear arsenal under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Trump’s expressed admiration of Putin came only hours after he released to the media a warm letter the Russian sent him.

Russian Federation and the USA stockpiled nuclear weapons in the latter half of the 20th century as relations cooled during the Cold War.

According to the USA nonpartisan Arms Control Association, the U.S. has 7,100 nuclear weapons and Russian Federation has 7,300.

Moreover if he does – as Mr Trump has threatened – pull out of the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran, that might only increase the risk of Teheran getting such weapons sooner, and make it likelier that Saudi Arabia and other rivals of Iran think nuclear as well.

Following his tweet and interviews, Trump’s staff spent a considerable amount of time trying to spin his remarks as not being meant to start a nuclear arms race.

Now hear this, the Constitution of the United States, I’m sure you remember that we have one of those, states very clearly that giving aid and comfort to an enemy constitutes treason.

‘We’re all going to die, ‘ writer Parker Molloy said, putting it succinctly. She says it falls right in line with his history of wanting to work with Russian president Vladimir Putin. It should use the money to build more strategic nuclear arms and accelerate the deployment of the DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missile. The two nations began to cut down on nuclear spending in the 1970s due to the many problems, both existential and economic, caused by the Cold War arms race.