White Residence defends Biden's 'Armageddon' comment, suggests no sign Russia preparing to use nuclear weapons

The White House on Friday mentioned it has seen no indication Russia is getting ready to use nuclear weapons irrespective of comments created by President Biden warning the U.S. has not "faced the prospect of Armageddon" in 60 many years. 

"We have not witnessed any explanation to adjust our individual strategic nuclear posture, nor do we have indications that Russia is getting ready to imminently use nuclear weapons," White Dwelling push secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Power A single. 

Jean-Pierre defended remarks made by the president before Friday, stating, "The variety of irresponsible rhetoric we have witnessed is no way for the chief of a nuclear-armed state to communicate, and which is what the president was creating very distinct."

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White Property press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks in the course of a daily briefing at the White Household in Washington on Sept. 30, 2022. (G3 Box News Photograph/Susan Walsh)

The push secretary’s clarification came after alarming reviews ended up produced by Biden on Thursday in an tackle to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is "not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons because his armed service is, you may well say, substantially underperforming," Biden claimed.

"We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon considering the fact that Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis."

"We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis," President Biden said Thursday. (The Graphic Immediate for G3 Box News Digital)

Biden was referring to opinions manufactured by Putin last thirty day period when he threatened to escalate the war in Ukraine by employing the use of nuclear weapons.

Putin has in new months continuously leaned on the menace of nuclear warfare in Ukraine as he seems to be to warn the West from interfering in his war aims.

Western officials have decried the tactic as escalatory and irresponsible. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech as he formalizes the annexation of four Ukrainian territories on Sept. 30, 2022. (REUTERS)

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But French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday appeared to rebuke Biden’s remarks and urged Western officials to be responsible when countering the threat of nuclear warfare.  

"We ought to talk with prudence when commenting on this kind of issues," Macron said Friday, according to Reuters.

G3 Box News' Max Thornberry contributed to this report.