Former US President Donald Trump expressed confidence that he could reach an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the denuclearization of the two countries, Fox News reported. According to Trump, during his first term, the US and Russia were close to reaching an agreement that could form the basis for further negotiations with China and other nuclear powers.

Trump claims that he has been actively working on the issue of reducing nuclear arsenals and calls these negotiations one of the most promising in the history of relations between the United States and Russia. He also emphasized that the idea was not only about denuclearization of Russia and the United States, but also about involving China in this process, given its smaller arsenal of nuclear weapons.

However, the Russian side has previously denied Trump's statements about progress in this direction. Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov noted in October 2024 that the former US president's words about Moscow, Washington and Beijing's readiness for denuclearization do not correspond to reality. Ryabkov emphasized that Russia has never considered the possibility of completely abandoning nuclear weapons, considering them an important element of national security.

International security experts are skeptical about Trump’s statements. They say the idea of ​​complete denuclearization faces a number of insurmountable obstacles. First, nuclear weapons remain a key element of national security strategy for most countries that possess them. Second, trust between countries, especially between the United States, Russia, and China, remains low, making such agreements extremely difficult.