‘Highly provocative’: US deploys two nuclear subs; Trump warns ex-Russian president Medvedev of ‘unintended consequences’

Furious Donald Trump on Friday ordered the positioning of two nuclear submarines in “appropriate regions” after Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev traded Cold War insults with the US president.Trump reacted furiously to Medvedev’s statement that he made in a post on Telegram earlier on Thursday, calling it “highly provocative.“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, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that,” Trump wrote in a post on X.“Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances. Thank you for your attention to this matter!,” he added.The spat between the two world leaders began after Trump called Medvedev the “failed former President of Russia.”After announcing a tariff on India and a penalty charge for its trade relations with Russia, Trump had said, “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,” he added.He further said, “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!”In response, Medvedev on Thursday wrote in a post on Telegram, “If a few words from the former president of Russia can provoke such a jittery reaction from the mighty president of the United States, then Russia must be completely in the right.”“We’ll keep moving forward on our own path,” he added, according to a report from Reuters.Taking a jibe at Trump’s “dead economies” remark, he mentioned Russia’s Cold War nuclear strategy, saying, “as for ‘dead economies’ and ‘dangerous territory,’ maybe he should rewatch his favorite zombie movies and remember just how dangerous the so-called ‘Dead Hand,’ which doesn’t even exist, can be.”