Trump Calls for New Nuclear Arms Control Treaty as New START Expires

Trump describes New START as a ‘badly negotiated deal by the United States that, aside from everything else, is being grossly violated.’

US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on January 16, 2026. Trump is travelling to Palm Beach, Florida, to spend the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago residence. Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images

U.S. President Donald Trump called for a new nuclear arms control treaty on Feb. 5, as the last such treaty between the United States and Russia officially expired.

The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) had been in force between the United States and Russia since Feb. 5, 2011. It expired on Feb. 5 after 15 years.