Nuclear extortion: Trump admin stalls US-Russia treaty talks, threatening new arms race

Pushback with Aaron Maté Support Pushback at Patreon: The Trump administration is running out the clock on talks with Russia over renewing New START, the last treaty limiting the nuclear weapons arsenals of both countries. Russia has proposed an unconditional extension, but the US has stalled the talks and demanded new conditions -- even issuing an ultimatum that the “price of admission“ will go up after the November U.S. election. “This is very dangerous,“ says Tom Colli