Trump Says He Will Pursue Military Spending Cuts, Denuclearization With Russia, China

President Donald Trump shared his hopes on Feb. 13, that he can bring China and Russia to the negotiating table and agree to reduce their military spending and perhaps even their nuclear arsenals. Speaking with reporters at the White House on Thursday, Trump said the United States is continuing to maintain “the greatest military equipment in the world” but expressed dismay at the funding that the United States, China, and Russia are each currently putting toward their militaries. “At some point, when things settle down, I’m going to meet with China, and I’m going to meet with Russia, in particular those two, and I’m going to say ‘there’s no reason for us to be spending almost a trillion dollars on military,'” Trump said....