Russia launching a nuclear capable ICBM toward Ukraine that wasn’t a test should have sent alarms off in Washington. I recall the Hillary Clinton political ad that shows a ringing phone in the White House and asks who will answer that 2 am crisis call. We can assume that Biden wasn’t answering the phone and Harris was still having her mental breakdown.
Russia gave the U.S. advance notice and agreed to change the target to Dnipro instead of Kyiv as a result of the discussions.