Ron Klain says Putin using a nuclear weapon is 'not impossible to imagine' and Biden is preparing for the possibility, book

Posted By TheNewsCommenter: From Businessinsider.com: “Ron Klain says Putin using a nuclear weapon is 'not impossible to imagine' and Biden is preparing for the possibility, book”. Below is an excerpt from the article.

President Joe Biden has said he takes seriously the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using nuclear weapons, and he's preparing for it behind the scenes.

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain told author Chris Whipple, in an October interview, that the prospect isn't outside the realm of possibility.

"'We're on a path that could lead to that outcome. We don't know what Putin will do, but tragically, it's not impossible to imagine,'" Klain is quoted as saying in Whipple's book, "The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House," released on January 17.

Klain told Whipple at the time that Biden is "'very focused on being prepared in case Putin does it, and trying to figure out what we can do to deter him from doing it.'"

Whipple conducted the interview with Klain on October 8, a couple of days after Biden spoke about Putin at a fundraiser in New York City and raised the prospect of "Armageddon."

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