Trump to terminate arms control treaty, Russia “violated” it
By Reuters
21 October 2018 |
10:00 am
President Donald Trump said he is going to terminate an arms control treaty known as the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) after he said Russia had violated it.
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