President Donald Trump would like to conclude a new agreement that will replace the Russia-U.S. New START Treaty, Lieutenant General Andrew Gebara, U.S. Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, told an audience at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies in Arlington, Virginia, yesterday in response to a question from TASS. “The President, at his core, is a negotiator, and he is interested in making the world safer. I’m sure he would love to do a deal, but that deal has to have certain criteria,” he said, commenting on the situation around the New START Treaty, which is set to expire in February, 2026.
“I would just say it’s important for us to remember, some of the arms control treaties in history were done at some of the hottest times of the Cold War. So I don’t think it’s true to say that, because of the current international situation, there’s no hope for arms control,” the general noted.
