Trump's reckless nuclear testing announcement threatens decades of nonproliferation progress and could trigger a dangerous arms race. His unsubstantiated claims about secret Chinese and Russian testing lack evidence, while experts warn that breaking the testing moratorium would destabilize global security and provide justification for other nations to expand their own programs.

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Trump's reckless nuclear testing announcement threatens decades of nonproliferation progress and could trigger a dangerous arms race. His unsubstantiated claims about secret Chinese and Russian testing lack evidence, while experts warn that breaking the testing moratorium would destabilize global security and provide justification for other nations to expand their own programs.