President Trump responded to multiple threats by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to attack the U.S. with nuclear weapons by ordering the deployment of two ballistic missile submarines to stand ready in case of a Russian miscalculation. Writing on TruthSocial, President Trump said:
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. 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!
This started on Monday when President Trump commented that he was "very disappointed" in Russian President Vladimir Putin's actions. "I’m going to make a new deadline, of about 10, 10 or 12 days from today," Trump said. "There’s no reason for waiting. It was 50 days. I wanted to be generous, but we just don’t see any progress being made."
This drew a particularly bellicose response from Dmitry Medvedev. Medvedev has been "former" everything in Russia. He was president from 2008 to 2012. He served as Prime Minister from 2012 to 2020. He has served as Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020. All of this is important because he has moved from one power position to another without falling from a window. It is impossible to imagine Medvedev taking a very public shot at Trump, including his trademarked threat of war, without coordination with Putin.
Trump's playing the ultimatum game with Russia: 50 days or 10… 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 responded in kind:
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. 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!
Later, Medvedev made an even more pointed threat:
About Trump's threats against me in his personal network Truth, which he banned from operating in our country.
If some words of the former Russian president cause such a nervous reaction in the entire, formidable US president, then Russia is right in everything and will continue to go its own way.
And about the "dead economy" of India and Russia and "entering dangerous territory" — well, let him remember his favorite films about the "walking dead," as well as how dangerous a "dead hand" that does not exist in nature can be. ["tears of joy" emoji]
"Dead hand," of course, refers to the Russian system, developed during the Soviet era, for launching nuclear missiles without the order of political or military leadership.
Practically, if Russia wanted to launch a nuclear attack, it wouldn't send a geriatric alcoholic out to make an announcement, and if we were going to attack Russia, we wouldn't announce submarine deployments in advance. With Russia's record in engineering and maintenance, there is a non-zero chance that its nuclear arsenal has been disabled by mice nesting in the controls. The fact is that Russia uses the threat of nuclear war as a frequent tactic to increase the sales of Depends in some parts of the West.
This is a list of Russia's threats to use nukes since the beginning of the Ukraine war and ending in June 2024.
21.06.2024
Putin Threatens Nuclear Response if West Bolsters Ukraine Support
20.06.2024
Russia considering changes to nuclear doctrine, Putin claims
06.06.2024
Putin warns he could provide weapons to attack the West and issues new nuclear threat
12.05.2024
Putin Ally Threatens NATO Countries With ’Special Ammunition’
10.05.2024
10.05.2024
09.05.2024
Putin Renews Nuclear Threats Against West at Military Parade
06.05.2024
Russia announces nuclear weapon drills after angry exchange with Western officials
06.05.2024
Medvedev warns of nuclear attacks on European capitals in case of sending troops to Ukraine
17.04.2024
14.03.2024
29.02.2024
Putin threatens NATO with nuclear strike if it sends troops to Ukraine
28.02.2024
Russia prepared for nuclear attack on China, leaked papers reveal
18.02.2024
Russia’s Medvedev threatens to nuke U.S., UK, Germany, Ukraine
17.01.2024
Russia-US relations 'teetering on brink of abyss,' ambassador to U.S. says
11.01.2024
Medvedev warns of nuclear response if Ukraine hits missile launch sites
16.11.2023
Russia loads missile with nuclear-capable glide vehicle into launch silo
06.11.2023
Russian Official Issues Nuclear Weapons Warning After Historic Achievement
30.10.2023
Western policy towards Russia threatens military clash between nuclear powers — Shoigu
20.10.2023
American-led world sliding headfirst into deepest abyss, Medvedev says
05.10.2023
Russia’s retaliatory nuclear strike to leave enemy with no chances of survival — Putin
30.07.2023
Russia’s Medvedev: We’d have to use a nuclear weapon if Ukrainian offensive was a success
13.07.2023
Russia to view F-16 fighter jets in Ukraine as threat in nuclear sphere - Lavrov
03.07.2023
Russia’s Medvedev says standoff with West to last decades, Ukraine conflict ’permanent’
25.06.2023
There is no choice left: Russia will have to launch a nuclear strike on Europe
21.06.2023
US, NATO’s aggressive policies may result in clash between nuclear powers
16.06.2023
Vladimir Putin delivers keynote address at St Petersburg forum
26.05.2023
Russia’s Medvedev warns West is underestimating risks of nuclear escalation over Ukraine
23.05.2023
Russia’s Medvedev: Western arms for Ukraine make ’nuclear apocalypse’ more likely
04.05.2023
Putin Allies Split Over Using Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine
25.04.2023
Russia warns again that risks of nuclear confrontation with U.S. growing
25.04.2023
05.04.2023
27.03.2023
Putin ally says Russia has weapons to destroy U.S. if its existence is threatened
26.03.2023
Putin says Moscow to place nuclear weapons in Belarus, U.S. reacts cautiously
23.03.2023
Any attempt to arrest Putin would be declaration of war on Russia, ally says
22.03.2023
Russia says risk of nuclear conflict at highest level in decades
27.02.2023
Russia’s Medvedev says arms supplies to Kyiv threaten global nuclear catastrophe
23.02.2023
Ukraine defends front, Putin talks up nuclear arsenal on war anniversary eve
22.02.2023
Russia’s war on Ukraine latest: Putin gives nuclear warning, Biden rallies allies
04.02.2023
Russia’s Medvedev says more U.S. weapons supplies mean ’all of Ukraine will burn’
19.01.2023
Putin ally warns NATO of nuclear war if Russia is defeated in Ukraine
25.12.2022
Only Russia’s nuclear arms preventing West from declaring war - Putin ally
09.12.2022
05.12.2022
Russia’s Lavrov: NATO policy risks ’direct clash’ between nuclear powers
30.11.2022
Russia says it will focus on building nuclear arms infrastructure in 2023
17.11.2022
Russia is not considering using nuclear weapons - Kremlin says
02.11.2022
Russia: West must stop ’encouraging provocations’ to avoid nuclear disaster
18.10.2022
Russia says seized Ukrainian lands are under its nuclear protection
13.10.2022
Russian official warns of World War Three if Ukraine joins NATO
05.10.2022
Ukraine can be defeated with a nuclear strike on the United States - Fedorov
01.10.2022
27.09.2022
Medvedev raises spectre of Russian nuclear strike on Ukraine
23.09.2022
22.09.2022
Russia’s Medvedev: new regions can be defended with strategic nuclear weapons
21.09.2022
21.09.2022
18.08.2022
Russia says nuclear weapons use possible only in ’emergency circumstances’
12.08.2022
Accidents can happen at European nuclear plants too,’ Russian ex-president says
01.08.2022
17.07.2022
Russia’s Medvedev: Attack on Crimea will ignite ’Judgement Day’ response
06.07.2022
Russia’s Medvedev warns United States: messing with a nuclear power is folly
12.05.2022
Russia says Finnish entry to NATO poses threat to which it will respond
10.05.2022
On possible nuclear strike, Russia says: it’s all in our military doctrine
06.05.2022
Russian will not use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, foreign ministry says
30.04.2022
Russia says risks of nuclear war must be kept to minimum, TASS reports
25.04.2022
24.04.2022
Russia warns of nuclear, hypersonic deployment if Sweden and Finland join NATO
22.03.2022
Kremlin spokesman: Russia would use nuclear weapons only in case of ’threat to existence of state’
28.02.2022
You’ll face consequences greater than any in history: Putin warns West
28.02.2022
“Why Do We Need a World if Russia Is Not In It?”: State TV Presenter Opens Show With Ominous Address
27.02.2022
Putin nuclear alert order part of pattern of made-up threats, U.S. says
27.02.2022
Putin puts nuclear deterrent on alert; West squeezes Russian economy
24.02.2022
EU says Putin’s ominous threat to those who hinder him marks ’critical moment’
The difference is that this time, someone has pushed back. A high-profile, public reaction to Russian threats has been needed for years. While we may not take Russia's bluster all that seriously, what we ignore is that Russia's threat messages aren't aimed at us. They are aimed at our allies or unaligned nations who see Russia threatening us while we do nothing. Hopefully, this will also be a sign to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the stories he read about Russia's influence over President Trump in the Washington Post were fake news and a warning to the Russian simps who have been invited into the Defense Department in large numbers that it's time to choose a side.
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