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Trump Signals Openness to Putin’s One-Year Nuclear Limits Proposal

No formal commitment or verification plan has been announced despite a positive Kremlin response.

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia September 22, 2025. Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool via REUTERS
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Overview

  • President Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin’s offer to keep New START quantitative limits for one year after the treaty expires “sounds like a good idea,” contingent on U.S. reciprocity.
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov welcomed the comment, saying it gives grounds for optimism that Washington will support the initiative.
  • The New START pact, extended through Feb. 5, 2026, limits each side to 700 deployed delivery systems and 1,550 deployed strategic warheads.
  • Verification remains unresolved as Russia suspended participation in 2023 and on-site inspections have not resumed since being halted in 2020.
  • Putin warned that supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine would harm U.S.-Russia relations, while U.S. officials indicated transfers may be impractical due to current inventory commitments.