‘I would call it saber rattling’: Adm. Stavridis on Russia’s nuclear threat against the West

Featuring Retired Admiral James Stavridis, Fletcher Dean Emeritus, and former supreme allied commander of NATO

Retired Admiral James Stavridis, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss the war in Ukraine and Vladimir Putin lowering the threshold for Russia to use nuclear weapons. Stavridis calls the new nuclear doctrine a strategic ploy to deter Western support for Ukraine, and emphasizes that international diplomatic efforts must focus on de-escalating tensions to avoid a dangerous nuclear confrontation.

Watch the interview here.

(This post is republished from MSNBC.)