Turkish military expert and a member of the left-wing nationalist Vatan Party (Patriotic Party), retired Major General Beyazıt Karataş said in an interview with Russian Sputnik News that Turkey can withdraw from NATO without any concerns now that the Russian leader Vladimir Putin showed off his country's nuclear capabilities.

Putin threatened the Western countries with a new generation of nuclear weapons on his March 1st State of the Nation address, including what he described as an “invincible intercontinental cruise missile" that could outsmart all American defences. During the speech, he showed an animated video of an attack to Florida, where President Donald Trump's "Winter Whitehouse," Mar-a-Lago is located.