Various members of the Biden administration have said they see no indication that Russia is about to launch an imminent nuclear attack. But speaking off-camera last night at a Democrat fundraiser in New York, President Biden talked about nuclear “Armageddon.”

“We’ve got a guy I know fairly well,” the press pool quoted Biden as saying. “He’s not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons because his military is, as you might say, significantly underperforming.”

“First time since the Cuban Missile Crisis, we have a direct threat of the use [of a] nuclear weapon if, in fact, things continue down the path they are going,” Biden said. “I’m trying to figure out what is Putin’s off ramp?…Where does he find a way out? Where does he find himself in a position that he does not not only lose face but lose significant power within Russia?”