{"id":1399736,"date":"2022-03-25T07:30:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1399736"},"modified":"2022-03-25T07:30:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:30:36","slug":"biden-says-u-s-would-respond-if-russia-uses-chemical-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-u-s-would-respond-if-russia-uses-chemical-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Says U.S. Would Respond if Russia Uses Chemical Weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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-says-u-s-would-respond-if-russia-uses-chemical-weapons%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=1399736&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\/03\/Joe-Biden-7.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 said the United States \u201cwould respond\u201d if Russia deployed chemical weapons in Ukraine, though he declined to explain what that response could include.<\/p>\n<p>Biden was asked Thursday if the United States and NATO would respond militarily if Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine. Biden promised a response, but hedged on whether the response would include the U.S. military or other NATO forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would respond. We would respond if he uses it. The nature of the response would depend on the nature of the use,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and NATO have already dropped heavy sanctions on Russia, including on its lucrative energy sector, though thus far the U.S. has refrained from cutting off Russia\u2019s uranium trade. Russia is one of the top uranium producers in the world and supplies. About half of the uranium used in U.S. nuclear plants is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/us\/articles\/2022-03-01\/exclusive-u-s-utilities-push-white-house-not-to-sanction-russian-uranium\">supplied<\/a>\u00a0by Russia and its allies Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n<p>The reporter also asked Biden what evidence the U.S. and NATO have that Putin is considering using a chemical weapon. Biden declined to reveal that information.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe would respond. We would respond if he uses it. The nature of the response would depend on the nature of the use,\u201d Biden says when asked whether the US or NATO would respond with military action if Russia uses chemical weapons.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OjvSDjiCFe\">pic.twitter.com\/OjvSDjiCFe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShelbyTalcott\/status\/1507050458812141589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Putin is reportedly considering escalating the Ukraine conflict through use of chemical weapons, but the U.S. and NATO are preparing for the potential use of biological or nuclear weapons, as well. The White House has reportedly assembled a team of national security experts to develop a strategy should Putin order such a strike, as well as decide on under what conditions the United States would join in the Russia-Ukraine war, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/23\/us\/politics\/biden-russia-nuclear-weapons.html\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Tiger Team, as the group is known, is also examining responses if Mr. Putin reaches into NATO territory to attack convoys bringing weapons and aid to Ukraine, according to several officials involved in the process. Meeting three times a week, in classified sessions, the team is also looking at responses if Russia seeks to extend the war to neighboring nations, including Moldova and Georgia, and how to prepare European countries for the refugees flowing in on a scale not seen in decades,\u201d the Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>A senior administration official told the Times that \u201call bets are off\u201d if Putin decided to use even a \u201csmall\u201d nuclear weapon inside Ukraine. The official declined to say what kind of response has been discussed among administration officials should that hypothetical become reality.<\/p>\n<p>Biden traveled to Brussels on Thursday to meet with other NATO leaders on the Russia-Ukraine war after saying earlier this week that Putin had put off a \u201cclear sign\u201d that he is considering use of biological and chemical weapons in the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/mar\/22\/clear-sign-putin-is-weighing-up-use-of-chemical-weapons-in-ukraine-says-biden\">said<\/a> that Putin\u2019s \u201cback is against the wall and now he\u2019s talking about new false flags he\u2019s setting up including, asserting that we in America have biological as well as chemical weapons in Europe \u2013 simply not true. I guarantee you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are also suggesting that Ukraine has biological and chemical weapons in Ukraine. That\u2019s a clear sign he\u2019s considering using both of those. He\u2019s already used chemical weapons in the past, and we should be careful of what\u2019s about to come,\u201d Biden added.<\/p>\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 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden said the United States \u201cwould respond\u201d if Russia deployed chemical weapons in Ukraine, though he declined to explain what that response could include.Biden was asked Thursday if<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"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-1399736","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\/1399736","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\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1399736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399736\/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=1399736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1399736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1399736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}