DISINFO: Insane Joe Biden may provoke WWIII before the November election
SUMMARY
US President Joe Biden may be willing to risk global conflict to reverse Kyiv’s flagging fortunes on the battlefield. They want to provoke Putin into doing something really drastic before the presidential election on November 5th, like a false flag attack or maybe even a mini nuke. It's really hard to know what Biden and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, who are running things, really think. Some analysts think they're insane, and it’s really hard to predict what they're going to do if they're insane.
RESPONSE
This conspiracy theory is not supported by any evidence. Prior to the publication of this disinformation story, the Biden Administration had consistently maintained a much-discussed and highly controversial policy of escalation management in Ukraine. One of the key elements of this policy is the avoidance of direct confrontation to prevent the outbreak of World War III, and there is no indication that this position has changed.
This disinformation story appeared amid discussions between the US and UK about lifting restrictions on Ukraine’s use of long-range weapons provided by these countries against targets inside Russia. By presenting this apocalyptic scenario as a possible outcome, this disinformation story appears to be an attempt to put pressure on readers and ultimately to prevent US and British authorities from adopting such a decision.
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives, such as claims that use of US long-range weapons indicate a prelude to a larger military incursion to destroy Russia, that NATO is moving towards the end of its existence in the conflict with Russia, that fuelling the proxy war in Ukraine only depletes the West’s own stocks of air defence systems, or that Western military aid to Ukraine only will cause more suffering.