On Thursday, President Donald Trump said he wants to build up the U.S. nuclear arsenal to ensure it is at the "top of the pack." saying the United States has fallen behind in its atomic weapons capacity. In a Reuters interview, Trump complained about the Russian deployment of a cruise missile, being in violation of an arms control treaty. Trump said he would raise the issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin if they were to ever meet. Trump also said he was "very angry" at North Korea’s ballistic missile tests and said accelerating a missile defense system for U.S. allies Japan and South Korea were among many options available.
