Trump Says Pakistan Conducting Nuclear Tests, Defends US Decision To Restart Programme

Last Updated:November 03, 2025, 13:28 IST

In an interview with CBS News’s 60 Minutes on Sunday, Trump said that countries including Russia, China, North Korea, and Pakistan are carrying out nuclear tests

Pakistani file photo of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and US President Donald Trump.

US President Donald Trump has claimed that Pakistan is among several countries currently conducting nuclear tests, arguing that such activities by other nations justify the United States resuming its own testing program.

In an interview with CBS News’s 60 Minutes on Sunday, Trump said that countries including Russia, China, North Korea, and Pakistan are carrying out nuclear tests while the US remains the only major power refraining from doing so.

“Russia’s testing and China’s testing, but they don’t talk about it. We’re an open society. We’re different. We talk about it. We have to talk about it because otherwise you people are going to report. They don’t have reporters that are going to be writing about it," Trump said.

“We’re going to test because they test and others test. And certainly North Korea’s been testing. Pakistan’s been testing," he added.

Trump made the remarks while responding to a question about his decision to resume nuclear detonations after more than three decades, following reports of Russia testing advanced nuclear-capable systems, including the Poseidon underwater drone.

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