It is a term that had caused a lot of reaction and had raised some criticism on the other side of the Atlantic. Last week, Joe Biden claimed that the world had never been closer to a nuclear apocalypse in 60 years and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Strong words spoken while his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, brandished the threat of the use of nuclear weapons in the context of the conflict in Ukraine.
On Tuesday, the US president reiterated his comments, saying threats emanating from Russia could lead to catastrophic “mistakes” and “miscalculations.”
“I do not think it does”
However, in an interview with CNN shortly after the G7 meeting, Joe Biden said he doesn’t think Vladimir Putin will cross that line. “I don’t think it will,” he said, as the prospect worries, as Russian troops suffer numerous setbacks on the Ukrainian military front.
“I think it is irresponsible for a world leader of one of the world’s biggest nuclear powers to say that he could use a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine,” he added.
“It could end in an apocalypse”
Asked about the very term “apocalypse”, Joe Biden said that the Kremlin leader’s threats had a destabilizing effect on the world and therefore warned against errors in judgment to which this could lead.
“What I meant to say is that it could lead to a horrible result. And not because someone intends to start a world war, but simply because once you use a nuclear weapon, the mistakes that can be made, the miscalculations. .. who knows what would happen.” happen,” continued the US president.
“No one can be sure what would happen and it could end in an apocalypse.”
“When I talk about the apocalypse, I talk to Putin. He cannot continue to talk about the use of a tactical nuclear weapon with impunity as if it were a rational thing,” Joe Biden concluded.
The White House occupant, however, refused to specify how the United States would respond if Vladimir Putin followed through on his nuclear threats.
Source: BFM TV
