These unhinged Russian kooks rattling nuke sabres are rather unsettling.
Rattling a sabre makes noise, drawing one does not. I suspect this comment and others like it are intended to reduce support for Ukraine. Mr. Putin is well aware we have a robust nuclear force as well. As do the French and the U.K.
But Russia’s stock and trade is to try and create rifts within its adversaries. Which is why they have been directly or indirectly interfering in elections, pointing out and exacerbating, in little ways, any dispute within or between the U.S., our allies, and other countries.