Why would the US take nukes off the table when Russia threatens them as a matter of course? Heck, Putin did so at a nuclear disarmament(?) conference shortly B4 this war started. The link to the vid was posted here on FR by a Pooty supporter.
Find Ze’s speech in Munich. He threatened Russia with nukes before it has all started. Then the French FM talked about nukes and you probably heard what Ben Hodges was talking. Putin is clearly defensive on this one.