The administration of President Joe Biden lost all leverage for convincing Russia to work on bringing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) into a nuclear arms control pact when it extended the New START treaty with Moscow, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview aired on Feb. 4. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Feb. 3 that the United States has extended New START, the last remaining nuclear weapons treaty with Russia, for five years. “The mistake, I think, that was made there, is that while I think weapons agreements are good, strategic weapons agreements are good things if they could be verified adequately, they forgot the most important new nuclear power. The Chinese Communist Party now holds weapons systems and is testing missiles at an alarming rate,” Pompeo told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo. “Our administration was working to bring the Chinese inside this arms control structure. …
Pompeo: Biden Admin Forgot About China Nuclear Threat When Extending Arms Pact With Russia
February 4, 2021
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