And President Putin has made no bones about the fact that they are running nuclear armament drills and that Their [Russia's] laws have been changed to say if we face an existential threat, we are authorized to use nuclear weapons. What that would kick off in the world is unimaginable when we think about the last 20 years of war we've seen in Afghanistan and Iraq. (02:37–08:57)
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Asserts that Russian laws now allow nuclear weapon use if facing an existential threat.
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