Uh-oh. President Biden is warning that "Armageddon" is closing in, and he's not talking about his administration's economic policies.

He's suggesting nutty Vlad Putin may unleash nukes.

Now, this is unsettling. Old Joe gets daily intelligence briefings, so is that theory held by the CIA and NSA? Impossible to answer the question, but it is possible. Sorry to overuse the word.

Sixty years ago, President Kennedy was openly advising Americans to build "fallout" shelters, and some did. I was in the seventh grade and remember our nuke drills. At the nun's signal, the kids would hit the floor and cower under the desks.

Not sure how that would slow down radioactive fallout but questioning the Sisters about nuclear physics would not have been well received.

Back then, it was all Nikita Khrushchev's fault as the Soviet Union had partnered with Fidel Castro to put ballistic missiles in Cuba.

Kennedy said nyet. A major confrontation brewed. The homely, rotund Khrushchev finally backed down, postponing a zombie apocalypse.

Unfortunately, nukes are back. Putin is getting his rear end kicked in Ukraine, and the humiliation is causing him to act out. Yes, his nuke bluster should be taken seriously. But Biden is making mistakes.

First of all, talking about "Armageddon" empowers Vlad. The diminutive dictator wants to frighten the world. So why help him do that, Joe?

I am assuming the United States has privately made it clear to Russia and China that any nuclear attack will result in massive damage to those countries. If you read my book "Killing the Killers," you know how awesomely destructive American weaponry is.

At the same time, President Biden should publicly make it clear that NATO will only tolerate so much insane behavior from Putin. But let's stop the nuke rhetoric.

Finally, back-channel discussions with Russian generals are taking place, I assume. This is key. Putin's power is greatly diminished after the debacle in Ukraine, and his oligarch allies know Vlad is an unstable mess. The world would be far better off if Putin would "retire" to his dacha.

If he resists, maybe an unfortunate accident.

Sadly, I have no confidence Joe Biden can handle Putin. Obviously, he is not JFK. And he's also not Trump, who handled Vlad pretty well.

Joe is Joe. We got what we voted for. It's not "Armageddon." But it's close.