What Would Joe Do?

U.S. President Joe Biden announces new actions against Russia for its war on Ukraine, during remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, on March 11, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Commentary

A thought experiment: Suppose Vladimir Putin said tomorrow that any country sending aid in the form of lethal weapons—weapons certain to be used to kill Russian soldiers—to Ukraine would be retaliated against with a 10-megaton nuclear bomb detonated over its capital city.