Trump moves nuclear submarines after ex-Russian president’s comments

US President Donald Trump says that two nuclear submarines are “being placed in the appropriate areas” in response to “very provocative” comments by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Trump said he behaved, “Only in the event that these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than that. Words are very important, and they can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this is not one of these cases.”

He did not say where the two submarines were published, in line with the American military protocol.

Medvedev recently threatened in the United States in response to Trump’s warnings in Moscow for agreeing to the ceasefire in Ukraine, or facing difficult sanctions.

Russia and the United States have the most nuclear weapons in the world, and both countries have a fleet of nuclear submarines.

On Friday’s position on the social truth, Trump wrote: “Based on the very provocative statements of the former president of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the vice president of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, has ordered two positions of nuclear divers in the appropriate areas.”

The US President did not say whether he was referring to submarines with a nuclear weapon or a nuclear armed man in his position on the social truth.

Trump and Medvedev recently participated in a series of personal attacks against each other on social media.

This comes after Trump has set a new final date for Putin to end the war by August 8 – which Putin has not shown any signs of doing.

Before Monday, Trump has set a final date “10 or 12” a day. Earlier in July, Russia threatened the severe definitions targeting oil and other exports if Putin did not end the war in 50 days.

Medvedev – who was President of Russia from 2008 to 2012 – accused Trump of playing a “warning with Russia” game earlier this week.

“Every new warning is a threat and a step towards war.”

He also described Trump’s warning as “theatrical” earlier in July, saying that “Russia did not care.”

When writing on Telegram on Thursday, Medveev warned against the threat of “dead hand” – which was understood by some military analysts as a reference to the name of the Russian revenge nuclear control system.

On Friday, it was not the first time that Trump responded to Medvedev’s comments. On Thursday, Medvedev described “the former failed president of Russia, who is believed to be president.”

Trump also warned Medvedev against “watching his words”, adding that he “enters a very dangerous area!”

Medvedev supports Russia’s wide invasion of Ukraine, which was launched in 2022, and is an explicit critic of the West.