Trump says he ordered 2 nuclear subs to 'appropriate regions' after Russia nuclear threats
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Via: vic-eldred • last year • 17 commentsBy: Story by Cybele Mayes-Osterman and Joey Garrison, USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump said on Aug. 1 he ordered two nuclear submarines to "appropriate regions" in response to Russia's nuclear threats .
"Based on the highly provocative statements" of Russian spokesperson Dmitry Medvedev, "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 on Truth Social.
"Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances," he said.
The submarine moves come after social media exchanges between Trump and Medvedev escalated hours earlier – Trump said Medvedev should "watch his words" in a midnight post, and Medvedev threateningly referenced the Soviet Union's "dead hand" doomsday nuclear system.
“We just have to be careful," Trump told reporters. "A threat was made by a former president of Russia, and we're going to protect our people.”
Medvedev's post was a play on words after Trump posted, "I don’t care what India does with Russia," adding, "they can take their dead economies down together, for all I care." Trump announced new 25% on Indian imports on July 30 and said he would slap on an extra penalty for the country's purchases of sanctioned Russian oil.
Medvedev shot back on Telegram that Trump should remember Russia's "dead hand" – a reference to a Soviet-era apocalyptic nuclear control system allegedly designed to automatically launch nuclear weapons if it detected a nuclear attack on Moscow.
The Pentagon said it deferred to Trump's statement.
Trump moved up deadline for Russia to accept ceasefire
Trump has turned increasingly critical of Russian President Vladmir Putin for continuing his country’s military assault on Ukraine while expressing openness to a ceasefire to Trump in their private discussions.
During a visit to Scotland on July 28, Trump said he had moved up a "deadline" for Russia to reach a deal to "about ten or twelve days."
“I think it’s disgusting. Russia? I think it’s disgusting what they’re doing,” Trump said on July 31 when asked about Russia’s recent attacks on Kyiv.
Medvedev, who served as Russia’s prime minister from 2012 to 2020, is aligned politically with Putin and has been an outspoken supporter of Russia’s war in Ukraine that has raged for three and a half years.
Trump previously announced on July 14 the United States would put secondary tariffs on countries that do business with Russia if a peace deal is not reached within 50 days, which falls on Sept. 2. His new 10-day deadline brings moves the timeline up to Aug. 8.
When Trump's second term began, the president placed equal blame on Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine and the war still raging three and a half years later.
But Trump has zeroed in on Putin in recent weeks as the Russian leader repeatedly rebuffs the American president's attempts to broker a ceasefire and pushes forward with drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities.
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Dmitry Medvedev can ask Iran what happens when you threaten Trump or ignore his deadlines.
Who is going to play the part of Israel's Air Force?
Unfortunately, Curtis LeMay passed away in 1990.
Hmm. I was told Trump was a russian agent. That doesn't seem to jibe with reality...
I was told the same thing. I never bought it. It looks like I was right.
By who?
Our readers ... scurrilous bunch!
And we're sucked ever deeper into the quagmire. So, what are you going to do with Russia when you win bigly?
We won't have that worry. Right now, Putin is surrounded by Oligarchs and wannabes who are very close to openly asking: "Vladimir, what did we get for the 1 million dead and the enormous cost of this war?"
Gee, that's swell. Russia won't just dry up and blow away. The United States is going to have another failed state on its hands.
Can the United States really afford another Marshall Plan?
In today's dollars $150 billion (from 1948-51 the amount was $13.5 billion) ... cheaper than buying Greenland and anyhoot, being numero uno comes with a price tag ... obedience can be expensive.
No, that's the wrong way to look at the Marshall Plan. The Marshall Plan committed 5% of US GDP to rebuilding certain European industries. Today that would amount to a little more than $1.5 trillion.
Overall the US committed about 8% of GDP to post-World War II recovery in Europe. Today that would be close to $2.5 trillion.
And that does not include maintaining an occupation force in Germany for four years following the end of the war. And Germany did not receive full sovereignty for 10 years following the war, in 1955.
Are these the kinds of commitments the United States is willing to make to defeat Russia? It won't be a one-and-done deal.
Are schoolkids going to be taught how to hide under their desks again?
You mean Russian schoolkids.
The Ohio class nuclear submarine can hit 165 cities at once.
I'm not looking forward to the end of life on Earth, but then I've already lived a pretty long life.
Neither is Dmitry Medvedev.
I doubt trump could find Russia on a map.