Trump Says Putin’s Nuclear Treaty Extension Proposal Sounds Like a Good Idea

Russia welcomed the response, saying it is grounds for optimism.

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) stand side by side after delivering a joint press conference following a U.S.-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. Drew Angerer/AFP

U.S. President Donald Trump has welcomed a Russian proposal to voluntarily maintain limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons.

Trump, speaking to reporters as he departed the White House on Oct. 5, said the offer from Russian President Vladimir Putin “sounds like a good idea.”