Trump calls for trilateral U.S.-Russia-China negotiations after Xi visit

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Following Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington, the White House says Trump called for trilateral arms-control negotiations among the United States, Russia, and China, according to a fact sheet released September 25. The statement does not indicate that either Beijing or Moscow agreed to participate, nor does it offer a timetable or scope of weapons to be discussed.

The push comes after New START, the last binding U.S.-Russia strategic arms limit, expired in February 2026. China has long resisted joining such talks, arguing its arsenal is far smaller than Washington's or Moscow's, a position it restated after New START lapsed.

The Xi visit, his first U.S. state visit since 2015, featured a state dinner with tech and business leaders including Musk, Altman, Huang, Zuckerberg, Pichai, Nadella and Bezos, and followed Trump's May trip to Beijing establishing trade mechanisms.

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You can call a meeting all you want, but nobody has to show up, and that is exactly the situation the fact sheet describes without quite saying so. Two countries with no obligation to say yes just watched a room full of billionaires eat dinner while the invitation went out. Calling for talks is free. Getting anyone to the table is the actual job, and that part's still undone.

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