Former CIA chief gives terrifying prediction on how tensions with Putin will end as Trump moves nuclear submarines

A former CIA boss has provided his expert opinion on how tensions between Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump could end.

For 35 years, Ralph Goff worked for the CIA - donning the role of chief of operations for Europe and Eurasia for a number of years before retirement.

Now, the 72-year-old has given his terrifying prediction of what could come to fruition between Russia and US, as the 79-year-old POTUS revealed that he ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned 'in the appropriate regions' after a Russian official threatened the America with war.

Goff believes Putin must stay on high alert if he wishes to continue on as the president.

"It's similar to the Italian mafia organised crime in the United States - where if the head was judged bad for business, then the they would get together and take him out," he told The Sun.

Putin, pictured with President Donald Trump in 2019, should be more concerned about what happens domestically rather than overseas, according to Goff (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

"So Putin's got to watch out. He's got to watch the economy.

"He's got to watch the loyalty of the oligarchs."

However, he noted that he is 'still popular' among his wealthy friends, but that the result of waging war with Ukraine has had its effects on Russia.

"It's a huge scale of devastation and loss. And that can undermine just about anybody," Goff added.

He continued: "Putin may have the same fate as Bashar al-Assad who fell suddenly without warning.

"I think this is one of the more likely outcomes for Putin - a threat that he doesn't even see coming, comes out of nowhere, and he's gone."

Russian President Vladimir Putin must keep his peers on side if he wants to continue waging war with Ukraine and even the US - if tensions ever bubbled over (Contributor/Getty Images)

So while his country is at war in Ukraine and tensions between him and the US rise, Goff believes the real concern is being overthrown domestically - like how former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was in 2024, having taken control of the country in 2000.

But then there's the widespread rumors about the 72-year-old Russian, relating to his health - with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claiming earlier this year that his foe will 'die soon'.

There's countless rumors suggesting Putin has fallen ill and is battling cancer, or Parkinson's, and Goff thinks there could be something in this.

"Putin is a guy who's afraid of Covid, afraid of being sick," he explained. "His personal health and wellbeing are his top concern."

So, it would make sense for him to avoid illness if his health was declining... although that being said, I think everyone would whether they're healthy or not!