Due to Russian violations and breaches said President Trump, he is exiting a Cold-War era treaty that eliminated ground-launched intermediate-range nuclear missiles.

However, he would be open to making a new arrangement with both Russia and China, which is not a signatory to the deal. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov responded by saying a unilateral U.S. withdrawal would be “very dangerous” and lead to a “technical military” retaliation.