Trump said today: "The United States is the most powerful country in the world. During my first term, I completely rebuilt the US military, including new and large-scale modernization of nuclear weapons. I also established the Space Force, and we are currently rebuilding the US military on an unprecedented scale. We are even adding battleships, whose combat power is a hundred times greater than the Iowa, Missouri, and Alabama classes that roamed the oceans during World War II.
I have prevented multiple potential nuclear wars around the globe, including conflicts between Pakistan and India, Iran and Israel, and Russia and Ukraine.
Instead of extending the New START Treaty - a poorly negotiated agreement by the United States, which is currently being seriously violated - we should let nuclear experts develop a new, more comprehensive, more modern, and long-term applicable treaty.
Thank you all for your attention! President Donald J. Trump"
Comment: This statement by Trump is full of unilateralism, military showmanship, and regression in arms control. It essentially aims to create public opinion for the United States to withdraw from the international nuclear control system and fully expand its military preparations. He exaggerates his own achievements in "preventing nuclear war" while ignoring the complex causes of regional conflicts. On one hand, he is greatly expanding nuclear weapons, rebuilding battleships, and strengthening space military forces, driving a global arms race, and on the other hand, he is slandering and abandoning the New START Treaty, the last pillar of global nuclear stability. He also intends to tie in China and restructure rules favorable to the United States. This approach, which prioritizes strength over rules and expansion over control, will significantly increase the risk of global nuclear conflict, disrupt international strategic balance, and lead the world into a more unstable and unsafe situation.
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