Trump moves nuclear submarines after ex-Russia president’s menacing tweet

Order comes after president’s anger at tweet from Dmitry Medvedev which called Trump’s threat to sanction Russia over Ukraine a ‘step towards war’
Trump moves nuclear submarines after ex-Russia president’s menacing tweet

Deputy head of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev attends an interview at Gorki state residence outside Moscow, Russia. (Ekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Donald Trump has said that he has deployed nuclear-capable submarines to the “appropriate regions” in response to a threatening tweet by Russia’s former president Dmitry Medvedev, suggesting that he would be ready to launch a nuclear strike as tensions rise over the war in Ukraine.

In a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump wrote that he had decided to reposition the nuclear submarines because of “highly provocative statements” by Medvedev, noting he was now the deputy chairman of Russia’s security council.

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