Trump appears to suggest US will resume testing nuclear weapons

When he spoke to reporters later aboard Air Force One as he flew back to Washington, he offered little clarity

A sub-surface atomic test at the Nevada Test Site near Yucca Flats, Nevada, in 1955. Picture: US Atomic Energy Commission via AP

President Donald Trump appeared to suggest the US will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, saying it would be on an “equal basis” with Russia and China.

There was no indication the US would start detonating warheads, but the president offered few details about what seemed to be a significant shift in US policy.