President Joe Biden has threatened to resort to nuclear power if the military escalation of the Russian army in Ukraine continues. According to the Wall Street Journal, which cited sources inside the administration, this is a ” first nuclear strike “, also known as a ” preemptive nuclear strike “. Biden therefore takes a step back from his campaign promises and embraces the traditional American approach: one that involves using the threat of a nuclear response as a deterrent to conventional and non-nuclear dangers, effectively leaving the door open to possibility. to use atomic weapons in “extreme circumstances”.
The change of course took place under the pressure of the last few weeks from the allies which prompted Biden to rethink his position. The Twitter profile of the Kyiv Independent also reports the words of American President Joe Biden pronounced in front of US troops in Poland, calling them ” an apparent gaffe” . ” You will see the courage of the Ukrainians when you are there ,” Biden said as he met the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Air Force. Earlier, however, Biden himself had repeatedly said that American troops were not entering Ukraine.