Trump strikes nuclear submarines after ex-Russian president's feedback

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US 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 is not going to be a kind of situations".

He didn't say the place the 2 submarines had been being deployed, consistent with US army protocol.

Medvedev has lately 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 probably the most nuclear arms on the earth, and each international locations 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.

Chatting with reporters afterward Friday, Trump stated: "A menace was made, and we did not suppose it was acceptable. So I've to be very cautious.

"I do this on the premise of security for our folks. A menace was made by a former president of Russia. And we'll shield our folks."

The Kremlin has up to now made no public feedback on the problem, however Moscow's inventory market fell sharply following Trump's statements.

Trump and Medvedev have lately been concerned in a sequence of non-public assaults towards 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 concentrating on its oil and different exports if Putin didn't finish the battle in 50 days.

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Medvedev - who was Russia's president from 2008 to 2012 - accused Trump of enjoying "the ultimatum sport with Russia" earlier this week.

In a publish on X, Medvedev stated "every new ultimatum is a menace 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 "useless hand" menace - which some army 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".