U.S. Is Pulling Out Of The Intermediate Range Nuclear Forced Treaty With Russia
CUPP: Breaking now, President Trump just told reporters that the U.S. is pulling out of the intermediate range nuclear forced treaty with Russia. Take a listen.</s>TRUMP: The Russia has violated the agreement. They have been violating it for many years, and I don't know why President Obama didn't negotiate or pull out. And we are not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement and go out and do weapons. And we are not allowed to. We are the ones that have stayed in the agreement and we have honored the agreement but Russia has not, unfortunately honored the agreement so we are going to terminate the agreement.</s>CUPP: President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachav signed the treaty in 1987. But the Trump White House believes that puts the U.S. at a disadvantage when it comes to countering a Chinese arms buildup since China faces no such constraint on intermediate range and nuclear missiles. Nation security adviser John Bolton is expected to tell Russian leadership about the INF exit on his trip next week. We will be back in two minutes.