Trump Rejects Putin's Nuke Deal Extension Offer, Calls for New Treaty

• US President Donald Trump rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer to extend the New START nuclear arms control treaty.
• Trump stated on Truth Social that a "new, improved and modernized Treaty" is needed, rather than extending the existing one.
• The New START treaty, signed in 2010 and extended in 2021, limited deployed strategic warheads to 1,550 for each side.
• Its expiration marks the first time in over five decades that there are no binding restraints on US and Russian nuclear arsenals, potentially triggering an arms race.
• Putin had proposed a one-year adherence to the 1,550 warhead limit, citing US support for Ukraine as a reason for halting inspections.