Close to half of Americans voiced their concerns with Russia, saying that the country would directly target the U.S. with nuclear weapons.
and could be targeted with nuclear weapons, with a new poll reflecting a level of anxiety that has echoes of the Cold War era.
“He is out of control, and I don’t think he really has concern for much of anything but what he wants,” said Robin Thompson, a retired researcher from Amherst, Massachusetts. “And he has nuclear weapons.” It’s difficult to measure the public’s degree of fear over time because polls use different methodologies or pose questions in different ways. Alex Wellerstein, a nuclear historian at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey, said people often won’t bring it up on their own but list it among concerns if given the choice.
In the recent AP-NORC poll, close to half of Americans say they are “extremely” or “very” concerned that the U.S. might be drawn into a war with Russia. Roughly 4 in 10 Americans said they are “somewhat” concerned. The concern about nuclear war cuts across party lines and even resonates with some young adults who were born after the Cold War.
Certainly, Russia hasn’t taken steps to alleviate concerns. Putin issued what appeared to be an ominous threat whenthe day he launched the invasion that his country is “one of the most powerful nuclear states.”
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