Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has suggested that the Biden administration is trying to start a nuclear war, after she shared unconfirmed reports saying that the administration was considering sending nuclear weapons to Ukraine.
Posting on X, formerly Twitter, the Georgia representative, a strong supporter of President-elect Donald Trump, shared a post from the X account of Mario Nawfal.
Nawfal, who was described by NBC News in 2023 as an "one of the ascendant alternative media stars" following Elon Musk's takeover of the platform and who has 1.7 million followers, posted: "WTF: U.S WANTS TO ARM UKRAINE WITH NUKES BEFORE BIDEN LEAVES?! In a jaw-dropping twist, Biden officials are reportedly seriously considering giving nuclear weapons to Ukraine."
Taylor Greene shared this, in a post which has been viewed almost 300,000 times at the time of reporting. She wrote: "This is INSANE and completely unconstitutional, possibly an act of treason. This must be stopped immediately! Is the Biden admin trying to start a nuclear war and use it as the reason to stop the transfer of power to Trump?"
There have been no announcements or confirmed reports that nuclear weapons would be sent to Ukraine.
Newsweek has reached out to Rep. Taylor Greene outside of normal working hours via email and to Nawfal via his social media for comment.
Nawfal's post continued: "Desperate to tip the scales against Russia before Trump takes office in January, the administration is ramping up efforts to arm Ukraine—including recently authorizing Long-Range Missiles capable of striking deep into Russian territory. And now, they're floating the idea of returning nuclear arms removed after the Soviet Union's fall."
Taylor Greene's reposting of his comment comes after she condemned President Joe Biden for authorizing Ukraine to use U.S. ATACMS missiles in order to strike territory inside Russia.
Responding to the authorization, Taylor Greene wrote on X: "On his way out of office, Joe Biden is dangerously trying to start WWIII by authorizing Ukraine the use of U.S. long range missiles into Russia. The American people gave a mandate on Nov 5th against these exact America last decisions and do NOT want to fund or fight foreign wars. We want to fix our own problems. Enough of this, it must stop."
This is INSANE and completely unconstitutional, possibly an act of treason.
This must be stopped immediately!!
Is the Biden admin trying to start a nuclear war and use it as the reason to stop the transfer of power to Trump? https://t.co/15uQI5w67f
On November 21, The New York Times reported that unidentified Western officials had suggested that the Biden administration could supply Ukraine with nuclear weapons, although it said there were fears that this could have serious implications.
Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev has said, according to Reuters, that if the West were to supply nuclear weapons to Ukraine, Moscow would consider such a transfer to be an attack on Russia, and that this would provide grounds for a nuclear response.
In a post on Telegram, Medvedev, who served as Russia's president from 2008 to 2012 and then its prime minister, said that "American politicians and journalists are seriously discussing the consequences of the transfer of nuclear weapons to Kyiv."
"The actual transfer of such weapons can be equated to the fait accompli of an attack on our country," under Russia's newly updated nuclear doctrine, he added.
Ukraine agreed to relinquish its nuclear arsenal in 1994 under the Budapest Memorandum, receiving security assurances from Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom in return. Reintroducing nuclear weapons to Ukraine would violate this agreement and could have major implications on the conflict in the region.
Newsweek has reached out to the White House outside of normal working hours via email for comment.
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