Joe Biden ’almost giving’ Putin an ’incentive’ for nuclear war: Trump

Former US President Donald Trump has weighed in at a weekend rally suggesting recent remarks by his successor Joe Biden was antagonising Russian President Vladimir Putin into nuclear war. The leader of the free world was in Warsaw, in the Polish capital, when he labelled President Putin a “butcher” who “cannot remain in power” due to his actions in the Ukrainian invasion. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov refuted the comments, saying it was not the decision of President Biden but of the Russian people. Hours later, the White House stressed President Biden’s message did not signal a shift in its policy. Former US President Donald Trump was asked by media outlet Newsmax if he thought Vladimir Putin would use nuclear weapons in the Eastern European conflict. “When you put him into a corner and you talk the way they’re talking – they’re talking weak – and yet they’re almost giving him an incentive,“ Mr Trump said. “They’re handling him very badly in my opinion.“