come in and supply ukraine with so much money, and so many weapons. but this is a significant escalation from vladimir putin. the fact that he s calling up the reservists shows that he has no intention of backing away from this war. in fact, in his comments, he framed the war not against ukraine, he described this as a war against the west. and that the west, he didn t mention the united states, but clearly, that s the main power he s referring to, has been propping up ukraine and intends to bring down russia and bring down the russian federation the same way that the west primarily the united states, toppled the soviet union. so he is framing this very much as an existential fight for russia. and in order to fight this fight, he s calling up the reservists and making nuclear threats to show that he is serious and that he has no intention of backing down. so, richard, is there a sense this could lead to some sort of nuclear standoff? i think that is where this is heading.
the united states, and convince them to back down and stop supplying ukraine to the degree that they are now. nbc s richard engel, thank you very much for your reporting this morning. and jonathan lemire, given richard s stunning analysis, that he thinks this is headed towards some sort of nuclear standoff, how does this impact the president addressing the u.n. general assembly this morning in just a few hours? i can t imagine that speech is going to be the same speech that was on his desk yesterday. no, in fact, white house aides are confirm that there are last-minute rewrites in the president s address in the wake of news overnight from vladimir putin, about calling up members of the reservists, and again, brandishing the nuclear saber here. of course, the war in ukraine was always going to be the centerpiece of the president s speech today, but now there s heightened urgency. we should expect strong warnings from turtle bay, from the president, about putin escalating any further
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