Thursday, May 21, 2020

Trump confirms US is withdrawing from another major arms treaty

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/21/politics/us-open-skies-arms-control-treaty/index.html

 President Donald Trump confirmed the US will be exiting the Open Skies Treaty, a pact designed to reduce the risk of military miscalculations that could lead to war, and said Russia's actions had prompted him to take the decision.
"Russia didn't adhere to the treaty, so until they adhere, we will pull out," Trump told reporters outside the White House Thursday.
 
Former President Ronald Reagan's secretary of state, George Shultz, former President George H.W. Bush's secretary of defense William Perry, and former Democratic Sen. Sam Nunn -- who together with Henry Kissinger formed the Nuclear Security Project -- wrote the administration in March to urge they keep the Open Skies Treaty.

3 comments :

  1. Should Trump rather do what the Russians are doing, insist on upholding the treaty while openly cheating on its provisions?

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  2. Oh man. He comes down hard on the Russian leader and he gets smashed. What's the opposite of to collude? Baffle, frustrate, defeat? Is that bad?

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  3. it seems clear many think it serves our interests

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