President Trump mentioned Friday the U.S. is positioning two nuclear submarines in “appropriate regions” close to Russia, a transfer he blamed on threatening rhetoric from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who stays a high Kremlin adviser.
Trump cited in a Reality Social put up what he referred to as “highly provocative statements” from Medvedev and mentioned the submarines had been “just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that.”
In a rhetorical tit for tat this week, Trump advised Medvedev in a Reality Social put up Thursday to “watch his words,” calling Russia and India “dead economies.”
Medvedev responded with a Telegram put up referencing the Soviet doomsday plan referred to as the “dead hand” wherein lower-level officers might set off a nuclear response if its leaders had been taken out.
On Reality Social on Friday, Trump expressed hope that the matter wouldn’t escalate additional, whilst he repositioned nuclear belongings nearer to Russia.
“Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances,” he wrote.
The president has threatened to institute “severe” tariffs on Russia in latest weeks in a bid to strain the Kremlin to halt the continued conflict in Ukraine. Earlier this week, he decreased a 50-day timeline for Russia to succeed in a ceasefire with Ukraine earlier than the U.S. imposed financial sanctions, pushing the deadline to early August.
Medvedev, the deputy chair of Russia’s safety council, knocked Trump on social platform X for “playing the ultimatum game.”
“Trump’s playing the ultimatum game with Russia: 50 days or 10…” he wrote. “He should remember 2 things: 1. Russia isn’t Israel or even Iran. 2. Each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war. Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his own country. Don’t go down the Sleepy Joe road!”
Trump stepped up his rhetoric in opposition to the previous Russian president, telling him to “watch his phrases” in a put up that additionally lashed out at India, which has but to succeed in a commerce take care of the U.S.
“I don’t care what India does with Russia. They can take their dead economies down together, for all I care. We have done very little business with India, their Tariffs are too high, among the highest in the World,” Trump wrote on Reality Social.
“Likewise, Russia and the USA do almost no business together. Let’s keep it that way, and tell Medvedev, the failed former President of Russia, who thinks he’s still President, to watch his words. He’s entering very dangerous territory!” the president added.
