New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- Amid the talks about the United States potentially resuming its own nuclear weapons testing, President Donald Trump explained that it was needed as many countries like China, Russia, North Korea and Pakistan, are conducting nuclear tests, and it's "appropriate that the US also does it".

In a conversation with CBS News, Trump stated, "Russia's testing and China's testing, but they don't talk about it. We're an open society. We're different. We talk about it. We have to talk about it because otherwise you people are going to report. They don't have reporters that are going to be writing about it."

He added, "We're going to test because they test and others test. And certainly North Korea's been testing. Pakistan's bee...