During a press conference, Fox News Correspondent Peter Doocy asked President Joe Biden to explain U.S. strategy if Russia uses chemical weapons. 'I'm not going to tell you,' Biden said. 'You gotta be silly.'
correspondent"silly" after he was asked to outline the potential U.S. response to Russia using chemical weapons in attacks.potentially launching a chemical weapons attack in Ukraine. Biden has refused to go into detail about U.S. strategy should an attack occur, in order to avoid tipping off the Russian military.
President Joe Biden won't get into details on U.S. response if Russia uses chemical weapons in its war on Ukraine. Above, the president fields questions after introducing his budget request for fiscal year 2023 in the State Dining Room of the White House on Monday. He also discussed his speech given in Poland over the weekend."When you said that chemical weapon use by Russia would trigger a response in kind," Doocy began..
Biden has answered the same question vaguely in the past as well. Last week, when asked if chemical weapons by Putin would trigger a NATO response, the president said yes but didn't go into detail.
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