President Biden Warns of Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ at Democratic Fundraiser

President Biden put the nation on crimson alert Thursday, saying nuclear “Armageddon” is an actual risk given Russia’s latest setbacks in its 8-month conflict in Ukraine.

At a Democratic fundraiser hosted by James Murdoch, Biden characterised Russian Czar Vladimir Putin as “a guy I know fairly well” — and added, Putin was “not joking when he talks about the use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons.”

Biden went on to say, “We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis.” He additionally implied the menace from Putin is tangible “because his military is — you might say — significantly underperforming.”

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day showdown in 1962 born out of the Soviet Union’s deployment of nuclear weapons in Cuba … prompting the Kennedy administration to launch a naval blockade of the island.

As far as the general public is aware of, it stays the closest the U.S ever got here to a nuclear conflict.

Biden says he is nonetheless “trying to figure” out Putin’s “off-ramp” in Ukraine. Where does he discover a approach out?” Biden asked. “Where does he discover himself ready that he doesn’t not solely lose face however lose important energy inside Russia?”

Despite Biden’s chilling warning, U.S. officers have NOT seen Russia change its nuclear posture to launch an imminent assault.