Wouldn’t surprise me if the Kremlin discovered hidden mics or other spy tech and decided to have a phony war conversation to get a reaction and embarrass the White House. If so, they bought it hook, line, and sinker.
On the other hand, it also would not surprise me if the White House made up the whole thing as a pretext to preemptively attack Russia and start a war.
Why would they do this?
1) They think it would give Biden and Democrats a political boost as he would become a wartime president.
2) They hate America and know that war with Russia will be very harmful to our economy, safety, and overall health as a nation. It will further their ongoing efforts to dismantle our nation and auction it off to line their own pockets.
Or they did it as an excuse to dump more money on the Ukraine, with 10% going to The Big Guy.