Trump Orders Resumption Of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Testing
October 30, 2025
12:09 am
U.S. President Donald Trump has directed the Department of Defense to immediately resume nuclear weapons testing, saying the United States must act “on an equal basis” with other nuclear powers. The announcement came Wednesday on Truth Social, shortly before Trump’s planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea.
“Because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our nuclear weapons on an equal basis,” Trump wrote. “That process will begin immediately.”
The move marks a major shift in U.S. nuclear policy. Washington last conducted a full-scale nuclear test in 1992 under …
