Trump, who is in charge of the second-largest nuclear stockpile in the world, made the shock statement in an interview with\u00a0Fox News<\/a><\/span>‘ Sunday Morning Features, telling the broadcaster: ‘The level of destruction is beyond anything you can imagine.’<\/p>\n He said: ‘We spend a lot of money of nuclear weapons – the level of destruction is beyond anything you can imagine.<\/p>\n ‘It’s just bad that you have to spend all this money on something that if it’s used, it’s probably the end of the world.’<\/p>\n The Republican added that the threat of\u00a0climate change<\/a><\/span>\u00a0was nothing compared to the risks posed by nuclear weapons, claiming that a\u00a0nuclear war<\/a><\/span>\u00a0‘could happen tomorrow.’<\/p>\n Trump explained: ‘I watched Biden for years say the existential threat is from the climate. I said “no”.<\/p>\n ‘The greatest is sitting on shelves in various countries called “nuclear weapons” that are big monsters that can blow your heads off for miles and miles and miles.’<\/p>\n While it is not known if this his administration’s official position, Trump has signalled that he is keen to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world.<\/p>\n US president Donald Trump has admitted he believes that nuclear weapons are the greatest threat to humanity<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Trump has signalled that he is keen to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world (File image)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Rescues and police officers attend anti-radiation drills for case of an emergency situation at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine June 29, 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Last month, Trump said he was willing to reopen arms controls negotiations with both China and Russia.<\/p>\n He said at the White House: ‘There’s no reason for us to be building brand new nuclear weapons. We already have so many.<\/p>\n ‘You could destroy the world 50 times over, 100 times over. And here we are building new nuclear weapons, and they’re building nuclear weapons.’<\/p>\n He added: ‘We’re all spending a lot of money that we could be spending on other things that are actually, hopefully, much more productive.’<\/p>\n While the US currently has 5,177 nuclear warheads, including 1,477 waiting to be dismantled, this is a far cry from its peak stockpile of\u00a031,255 warheads in the late 1960s.<\/p>\n The disarmament process has massive slowed down since the mid-2000s, however.<\/p>\n But the US’ decision on whether to follow through with disarmament will also have to consider the stockpiles of other nuclear countries.<\/p>\n Russia has the highest number of nukes with nearly 5,600, with China a distant third with around 350.<\/p>\n In 2022, then-president Joe Biden approved a major strategic plan to refocus the US’ nuclear deterrence strategy on the rapid expansion on China’s arsenal of deadly warheads.<\/p>\n China’s military shows off their latest missiles during the National Day in Beijing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"US](\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/03\/09\/19\/96006281-14479257-image-m-141_1741547280978.jpg\")
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