President Donald Trump on Friday mentioned that he ordered two nuclear submarines “to be positioned within the acceptable areas” in response to warnings made to the United States this week by high-ranking Russian official Dmitry Medvedev.
Medvedev in a social media publish on Monday wrote that every new ultimatum that Trump makes about Russia to power an finish to its struggle on Ukraine “is a menace and a step in direction of struggle.”
“Not between Russia and Ukraine, however along with his personal nation,” Medvedev wrote on X that day.
Trump earlier Monday had mentioned he was chopping from 50 days to lower than two weeks his deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to achieve a peace deal with Ukraine or face large “secondary tariffs” on Moscow’s commerce companions.
On Friday, Trump wrote in a Reality Social publish, “Primarily based on the extremely provocative statements of the Former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who’s now the Deputy Chairman of the Safety Council of the Russian Federation, I’ve ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned within the acceptable areas, simply in case these silly and inflammatory statements are extra than simply that.”
“Phrases are crucial, and may typically result in unintended penalties. I hope this won’t be a kind of situations,” Trump mentioned. Thanks in your consideration to this matter!”
FILE PHOTO: Russia’s Safety Council’s Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev attends a gathering of the Council for Science and Training on the Joint Institute for Nuclear Analysis within the Moscow area’s metropolis of Dubna, Russia June 13, 2024.
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Medvedev, in his tweet Monday, wrote, “Trump’s taking part in the ultimatum sport with Russia: 50 days or 10… He ought to bear in mind 2 issues.”
“1. Russia is not Israel and even Iran. 2. Every new ultimatum is a menace and a step in direction of struggle,” Medvedev wrote.
“Not between Russia and Ukraine, however along with his personal nation. Do not go down the Sleepy Joe highway!” Medvedev added, referring to former President Joe Biden.
Trump in a Reality Social publish on Thursday warned Medvedev about his rhetoric, whereas additionally taking a shot on Russia’s buying and selling partnership with India.
I do not care what India does with Russia. They will take their lifeless economies down collectively, for all I care,” Trump wrote. “We’ve finished little or no enterprise with India, their Tariffs are too excessive, among the many highest within the World.
“Likewise, Russia and the USA do virtually no enterprise collectively,” Trump mentioned. “Let’s maintain it that approach, and inform Medvedev, the failed former President of Russia, who thinks he is nonetheless President, to observe his phrases. He is coming into very harmful territory!”
Medvedev responded Thursday with a press release saying, “If a number of phrases from a former Russian president can provoke such a nervous response from the sitting and supposedly formidable president of the US, then clearly Russia is fully in the correct and can proceed on its chosen path.”
“As for his remarks concerning the ‘lifeless economies’ of India and Russia and ‘venturing into harmful territory,’ maybe he ought to revisit his favourite films concerning the residing lifeless and recall simply how harmful the legendary ‘Useless Hand’ could be,” Medvedev mentioned.
The Useless Hand is Russia’s system for robotically launching nuclear strikes if a nuclear assault is detected towards the nation.
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