Russia: Trump is starting ‘an arms race’

By Joel Gehrke

Published October 24, 2018 3:50pm ET

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Russia: Trump is starting ‘an arms race’ — Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media after his annual televised call-in show as his press secretary Dmitry Peskov, right, smiles in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 15, 2017. The 64-year old Russian leader mixed the tough talk with benevolent promises to disgruntled callers complaining about decrepit housing and low salaries during the four-hour marathon intended to burnish his father-of-the nation image. | (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

President Trump is initiating “an arms race” for a previously banned nuclear weapons and missile program by exiting a landmark treaty, according to a top aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“This is a very dangerous intention,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, per TASS, a state-run outlet. “In fact, it declares an intention to start an arms race and to build up military potential.”

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