US, China Going Work Together To End Russia-Ukraine War, Says Trump

Last Updated:October 30, 2025, 22:02 IST

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping discussed ending the Russia-Ukraine war but did not address oil. Trump announced immediate US nuclear testing due to actions by Russia and China.

US President Donald Trump after his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday. (RapidResponse 47/X)

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said China and the US are working on ending the Russia-Ukraine war but “sometimes, you have to let them fight".

After the meeting with Xi Jinping in South Korea, Trump told reporters: “I thought it was an amazing meeting… a lot of decisions were made, too — there wasn’t too much left out there, and we’ve come to conclusion on many very important points."

According to Politico, Ukraine had high expectations from the talks, hoping Trump would persuade the Chinese leader to buy less oil from Russia and consequently stop funding the war after the US slapped sanctions on Moscow’s main oil giants.

However, oil was not one of the issues that were discussed during the meeting, Trump said.

“Ukraine came up very strongly. We talked about it for a long time, and we’re both going to work together to see if we can get something done. We’re going to work together on Ukraine," he said.

“He [Xi] has been buying oil from Russia for a long time, and it takes care of a big part of China … But with him we did not discuss the oil. We discussed working together to get this war finished. It does not affect China; it does not affect us. But I don’t like to see thousands of young men killed," the US President said.

Speaking on his previous announcement that the US will “immediately begin" testing nuclear weapons, citing similar actions by China and Russia, Trump said: “They seem to all be nuclear testing. We have more nuclear weapons than anybody, we don’t do testing… with others doing testing, I think it’s appropriate that we do also."

Earlier in the day, Trump said that, although he “hated" the destructive nature of nuclear weapons, he felt compelled to expand and maintain them because of growing competition from Russia and China. He said that since other countries were already conducting nuclear tests, he had instructed the US Department of Defense to begin nuclear testing “immediately" so that the US would not fall behind.

In his post, Trump wrote, “The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office. Because of the tremendous destructive power, I HATED to do it, but had no choice! Russia is second, and China is a distant third, but will be even within 5 years. Because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately."

The United States last conducted a full-scale nuclear weapons test in 1992, though it has since carried out subcritical experiments.

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