Getty PicturesUS President Donald Trump says he has ordered two nuclear submarines to “be positioned within the acceptable areas” in response to “extremely provocative” feedback by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Trump stated he acted “simply in case these silly and inflammatory statements are extra than simply that. Phrases are essential, and may typically result in unintended penalties, I hope this won’t be a kind of situations”.
He didn’t say the place the 2 submarines have been being deployed, in step with US navy protocol.
Medvedev has not too long ago threatened the US in response to Trump’s ultimatums to Moscow to comply with a ceasefire in Ukraine, or face robust sanctions.
Russia and the US possess essentially the most nuclear arms on the earth, and each nations have a fleet of nuclear submarines.
In Friday’s publish on Fact Social, Trump wrote: “Based mostly on the extremely provocative statements of the previous 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”.
The US president didn’t say whether or not he was referring to nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed submarines in his publish on Fact Social.
Trump and Medvedev have not too long ago been concerned in a collection of non-public assaults in opposition to one another on social media.
It comes after Trump set a brand new deadline for Putin to deliver the battle to an finish by 8 August – which Putin has proven no indicators of doing.
Earlier than that on Monday, Trump had set a “10 or 12” day deadline. Earlier in July he threatened Russia with extreme tariffs focusing on its oil and different exports if Putin didn’t finish the battle in 50 days.
ReutersMedvedev – who was Russia’s president from 2008 to 2012 – accused Trump of enjoying “the ultimatum recreation with Russia” earlier this week.
In a publish on X, Medvedev stated “every new ultimatum is a risk and a step in the direction of battle”.
He additionally described Trump’s ultimatum as “theatrical” earlier in July, saying that “Russia did not care”.
Writing on Telegram on Thursday, Medvedev warned of a “lifeless hand” risk – which some navy analysts understood as a reference to the codename of Russia’s retaliatory nuclear strikes management system.
Friday wasn’t the primary time Trump responded to Medvedev’s feedback. On Thursday, he described Medvedev as “the failed former president of Russia, who thinks he is nonetheless president”.
Trump additionally warned Medvedev to “watch his phrases”, including that “he is getting into very harmful territory!”
Medvedev helps Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine launched in 2022, and is an outspoken critic of the West.
