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| Trump moves nuclear submarines after ex-Russian president's comments | Trump moves nuclear submarines after ex-Russian president's comments |
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| US President Donald Trump says he has ordered two nuclear submarines to "be positioned in the appropriate regions" in response to "highly provocative" comments by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. | US President Donald Trump says he has ordered two nuclear submarines to "be positioned in the appropriate regions" in response to "highly provocative" comments by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. |
| Trump said he acted "just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that. Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances". | |
| He did not say where the two submarines were being deployed. | He did not say where the two submarines were being deployed. |
| Medvedev has recently threatened the US in response to Trump's ultimatum to Moscow to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine, or face tough sanctions. | |
| Russia and the US possess the most nuclear arms in the world. | |
| But Trump did not say whether he was referring to nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed submarines in his post on Truth Social. | |
| In the post, the US president wrote: "Based on the highly provocative statements of the former president of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, I have ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions". | |
| Trump and Medvedev have recently been involved in a series of personal attacks against each other on social media. | |
| On Monday, Medvedev accused Trump of playing "the ultimatum game with Russia". | On Monday, Medvedev accused Trump of playing "the ultimatum game with Russia". |
| In a post on X, he said "each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war". | |
| Earlier this month, Medvedev described Trump's ultimatum as "theatrical", saying that "Russia didn't care". | Earlier this month, Medvedev described Trump's ultimatum as "theatrical", saying that "Russia didn't care". |
| And writing on Telegram on Thursday, Medvedev warned of a "dead hand" threat - which some military analysts understood as a reference to the codename of Russia's retaliatory nuclear strikes control system. | And writing on Telegram on Thursday, Medvedev warned of a "dead hand" threat - which some military analysts understood as a reference to the codename of Russia's retaliatory nuclear strikes control system. |
| On Thursday, Trump described Medvedev as "the failed former president of Russia, who thinks he's still president". | |
| Trump also warned Medvedev to "watch his words", adding that "he's entering very dangerous territory!" | |
| The White House told the BBC they had no further comment on Trump's remarks. | |
| The Kremlin has not publicly commented on the latest statement by Trump. |