{"id":1349841,"date":"2022-02-28T11:06:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T16:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1349841"},"modified":"2022-02-28T16:07:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T21:07:50","slug":"biden-returns-to-white-house-after-a-weekend-in-delaware-ignores-questions-about-possible-nuclear-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-returns-to-white-house-after-a-weekend-in-delaware-ignores-questions-about-possible-nuclear-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Returns To White House After A Weekend In Delaware, Ignores Questions About Possible Nuclear Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-returns-to-white-house-after-a-weekend-in-delaware-ignores-questions-about-possible-nuclear-threat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1349841&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1373331994.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden turned his back on reporters, ignoring shouted questions about Russia\u2019s ongoing invasion of Ukraine \u2014 and threats leveled against any nation that would dare provide assistance \u2014 as he walked alone from Marine One to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden arrives back at the White House after spending the weekend in Delaware. Biden did not stop to answer questions from reporters about the conflict in Eastern Europe,\u201d The Hill tweeted along with a video of the president as he crossed the White House lawn, appearing to not even acknowledge the press gathered a short distance away as they shouted their questions after him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Biden arrives back at the White House after spending the weekend in Delaware. Biden did not stop to answer questions from reporters about the conflict in Eastern Europe. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r1UJDrlCmK\">https:\/\/t.co\/r1UJDrlCmK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kiSb7vc5aW\">pic.twitter.com\/kiSb7vc5aW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hill (@thehill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehill\/status\/1498322349535350789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMr. President, is Ukraine winning the war?\u201d one reporter asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. President, do you fear \u2026\u201d another began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. President, do you believe Russia will use a nuclear weapon?\u201d another reporter asked.<\/p>\n<p>And one more: \u201cMr. President, are you worried about nuclear war?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden made no move to address the questions or even wave to the reporters as he walked across the lawn and into the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Putin has issued several threats in recent days that a number have interpreted to mean he is not taking the use of tactical nuclear weapons off the table.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/putin-threatens-against-intervention-in-ukraine-invasion-consequences-that-you-have-never-faced-in-your-history\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The Russia leader blamed the United States\u2019 \u201cempire of lies\u201d for setting up the conflict and referenced Russia\u2019s nuclear capacity in what appeared to be a veiled threat of nuclear war.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhoever would try to stop us and further create threats to our country, to our people, should know that Russia\u2019s response will be immediate and lead you to such consequences that you have never faced in your history. We are ready for any outcome,\u201d Putin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalworld.com\/news\/world\/vladimir-putin-speech-ukraine-full-transcript-english-3583958\">said<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/02\/24\/world\/russia-attacks-ukraine#putin-nuclear-war-ukraine\">remarked<\/a> that Russia \u201cremains one of the most powerful nuclear states\u201d with \u201ca certain advantage in several cutting edge weapons.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Putin also elevated the alert level over the weekend, apparently prompting Russia\u2019s nuclear deterrent forces to \u201cspecial combat readiness\u201d to prepare for the possible deployment of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/just-in-putin-raises-nuclear-deterrent-forces-to-special-combat-readiness\/\">reported<\/a> Sunday:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Linda Thomas Greenfield responded to Russia\u2019s latest move during a Sunday morning appearance on CBS\u2019 \u201cFace the Nation,\u201d saying \u201cIt means that President Putin is continuing to escalate this war in a manner that is totally unacceptable and we have to continue to stem his actions in the strongest possible way.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gave a concurrent statement on CNN, saying, \u00a0\u201cThis is dangerous rhetoric. This is\u00a0behavior which is irresponsible. That\u2019s the reason why we both provide support to Ukraine but also why we over the last weeks and months have significantly increased the presence of NATO in the eastern part of the alliance.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki addressed the question during Monday\u2019s press briefing, saying that the White House had seen no reason to update the threat level in the United States in response to Putin\u2019s threats.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reporter: &#8220;Has the United States changed its nuclear posture?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Psaki: &#8220;We&#8217;ve not had seen reason to change our own alert levels.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z0Eyz6pqo2\">pic.twitter.com\/z0Eyz6pqo2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1498399930775482369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden turned his back on reporters, ignoring shouted questions about Russia\u2019s ongoing invasion of Ukraine \u2014 and threats leveled against any nation that would dare provide assistance \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1349841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1349841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1349841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1349841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1349841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}