New York, March 10 -- US President Donald Trump has sounded the alarm on nuclear dangers, warning that they pose a far greater existential threat to the world than climate change.

In a recent interview with Sunday Morning Futures anchor Maria Bartiromo, Trump emphasised the devastating consequences of nuclear weapons, stating, "The level of destruction is beyond anything you can even imagine. It's just bad that everybody has to spend all this money on something that, if it's used, it's probably the end of the world."

He criticised the focus on climate change, arguing that it overshadows the more pressing issue of nuclear dangers.

"When I listen to these climate lunatics... and nobody ever talks about nuclear weapons. They say the ocean...