President Biden has defended Ukraine against Russia's potential use of nuclear weapons by threatening a non-nuclear retaliatory strike against all occupying forces on Ukrainian territory [1]. Meanwhile, President Trump has initiated an information war against several democratic countries, including NATO members [2]. Elon Musk joined this campaign by threatening Britain [3]. There are concerns that with the arrival of new leadership, the United States may no longer deter Putin by promising a devastating non-nuclear response to a Russian nuclear attack. Trump and Musk have close ties with Russia and China, which creates a dependency on them [4].

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_risk_during_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

2. https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/08/politics/trump-greenland-canada-panama-analysis/index.html

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spEbcmcuatE

4. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385847034_The_New_Weapons_of_Mass_Destruction_Manipulative_Information_Technologies_and_the_Threat_of_US_DigiFascism_in_the_Age_of_ECSIS_and_AI