Trump Orders Nuclear Submarines To ‘Appropriate Regions’ In Response To Russian Official’s Statements

President Donald Trump ordered two nuclear submarines to be “positioned in the appropriate regions” in response to “provocative statements” from Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, he announced via Truth Social on Friday.

Trump said the move was made in case Medvedev’s recent “foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that,” he wrote on Truth Social Friday. Medvedev reminded Trump on Thursday that Russia has an automated, Soviet-era nuclear retaliation protocol if leadership were to be decapitated in response to a previous Truth Social post earlier that day.

Russia has repeatedly invoked the threat of its nuclear arsenal as a response to demands for peace in its war with Ukraine. 

Trump said on Truth Social Thursday that Medvedev was “entering very dangerous territory” after the top Russian official accused Trump of escalating toward war with his threats of tariffs and sanctions against nations who do business with Russia. Trump drastically shortened his deadline for Russia to come to the negotiating table on Monday, reducing the window for a deal from 50 days to only 10 or 12 days.Congress is also working