Trump warns of nuclear escalation after Russia announces it will move tactical missiles into Belarus

Donald Trump warned of a nuclear escalation with Russia due to ‘incompetent people’ in the US government on Monday morning.

‘Here we go!!! Just as I predicted, we are now playing with the ‘BIG THINGS’. The ‘N’ WORD is now being used, front and center,’ he wrote on Truth Social, reacting to news that Vladimir Putin is placing tactical nukes in Belarus.

‘This situation was caused by us: it’s what happens when you have incompetent people running your government. All I can tell you right now is, PRAY!

Moscow is set to complete the construction of a special storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons in July, Putin told state broadcaster Russia 1.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a staunch supporter of the invasion, has long called for weapons in the territory, Putin said during an interview on Russian state television.

Vladimir Putin, right, meets with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left

It will be the first time since the mid-1990s that Moscow will have such weapons outside the country, something the United States has done for decades.

Belarus borders Poland, a NATO country. NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu called Putin’s rhetoric “dangerous and irresponsible” but said the West did not need to change its nuclear posture.

“NATO is vigilant and we are closely monitoring the situation,” Lungescu added. “We have not seen any change in Russia’s nuclear posture that would lead us to adjust ours.”

White House national security spokesman John Kirby also played down the matter on CBS on Sunday.

“I can tell you that we have not seen anything to indicate that Mr. Putin is preparing to use tactical nuclear weapons in any way in Ukraine,” he said. “And I can also tell you that we haven’t seen anything that would cause us to change our own strategic nuclear deterrence posture.”