Sunday 2 October 2022 03:27 PM Pentagon head Lloyd Austin DOWNPLAYS Putin's nuclear war threats, accuses ... trends now
Lloyd Austin DOWNPLAYS Putin’s nuclear war threats: Biden's Pentagon chief accuses Russia of ‘saber rattling' and dismisses fears of 'imminent invasion' of Taiwan by China
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Vladimir Putin's veiled nuclear threats are 'irresponsible' after he signed a decree illegally annexing parts of Ukraine 'This nuclear saber rattling is not the kind of thing that we would expect to hear from leaders of large countries with capability,' Austin said The Pentagon head also called Russia's annexation a 'sham' and 'fiction' Austin also predicted China would use House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan to create a 'new normal' on the world stage By Elizabeth Elkind, Politics Reporter For Dailymail.Com
Published: 15:18 BST, 2 October 2022 | Updated: 15:18 BST, 2 October 2022
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin's nuclear threats as 'saber rattling' but condemned the autocrat for continuing to upend the global order in a Sunday morning interview.
'There are no checks on Mr. Putin. Just as he made the irresponsible decision to invade Ukraine, you know, he could make another decision,' Austin told Fareed Zakharia GPS.
'But I don't see anything right now that would lead me to believe that he has made such a decision.'
The Pentagon chief also downplayed another foreign threat on the horizon when he told CNN that an 'imminent invasion' of Taiwan by China is unlikely.
The interview comes more than seven months after Putin launched his bloody invasion of Ukraine, and just days after he signed a decree to illegally annex parts of the former Soviet state.
Videos appeared to show Russian troops forcing Ukrainian civilians to the ballot
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