00:00U.S. President Donald Trump orders the U.S. military to immediately restart nuclear weapons testing after a halt of 33 years.
00:08The message appears to be aimed at rival nuclear powers, China and Russia.
00:12Trump makes the surprise announcement while on board Marine One, flying to meet President Xi Jinping for trade negotiations in South Korea.
00:19In a post on Truth Social, Trump says,
00:22No nuclear power other than North Korea in 2017 has carried out explosive nuclear testing in over 25 years.
00:40Russian President Vladimir Putin, who commands the world's biggest arsenal of nuclear warheads, has repeatedly said that if any country tests a nuclear weapon, then Russia will do so too.
00:50China's foreign ministry calls on the U.S. to abide by its commitment to a moratorium on nuclear testing.
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