The last nuclear arms control treaty, New START, was set to expire on February 5th. Putin was fine with that, he wants to put Russian to work making nuclear weapons. America has no interest in spending hundreds of billions a year on new nuclear weapons, and Putin knows this. The only problem is he does not want to be seen as the cause of the new arms race.
trump had four years to come up with a new deal that would be so much better than the old deal. The problem was trump is not good at working on things, and Putin had no interest in any deal. For four years, trump ranted like a lunatic, while the world laughed at him.
Biden came to office, and made a firm statement that we would get a 5 year extension on New START, and then start working on better deals. Putin tried to weasel it down to 1 year, but Biden stood firm. In 6 days, Putin gave in. We now have time to improve New START.
trump had four years to come up with a new deal that would be so much better than the old deal. The problem was trump is not good at working on things, and Putin had no interest in any deal. For four years, trump ranted like a lunatic, while the world laughed at him.
Biden came to office, and made a firm statement that we would get a 5 year extension on New START, and then start working on better deals. Putin tried to weasel it down to 1 year, but Biden stood firm. In 6 days, Putin gave in. We now have time to improve New START.