Trump vows to pull US out of 1980's nuclear missile deal with Russia

BREAKING! President Trump Says He Is Quitting Nuclear Arms Treaty With Russia

Trump vows to pull US out of ‘unacceptable’ nuclear missile deal with Russia

The US will pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) with Russia, AP reports President Donald Trump saying. He cited Russia’s alleged treaty violations, while at the same time vowing to “develop the weapons.”

"We are going to terminate the agreement and then we are going to develop the weapons" unless Russia and China agree to a new deal, Trump said on Saturday. Although Trump claims that Russia has violated the deal, he provided no evidence of that claim during his Saturday announcement.

Trump wants to kill pivotal nuclear treaty that calmed the Cold War

Trump made the announcement following a campaign stop in Elko, Nevada, just one day after the Guardian reported that National Security Adviser John Bolton was pushing the president to leave the treaty.