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On Friday President Donald Trump said that he is deploying nuclear submarines in response to Russian Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev’s statements. Medvedev’s statements were in response to Trump’s criticism of him. Notably, nuclear submarines are made to be near impossible to track while underwater, so the announcement appears to be political in nature, rather than some grand military strategy.
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!
“If some words from the former president of Russia trigger such a nervous reaction from the high-and-mighty president of the United States, then Russia is doing everything right and will continue to proceed along its own path,” Medvedev said.
RT broke down the Russian official’s statements:
U.S. President Donald Trump’s angry comments toward Russian officials were a “nervous reaction” and are evidence that Moscow is pursuing the right path, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said.
Medvedev was responding to a post by Trump on Truth Social hours earlier, in which the U.S. president described him as a “failed” former leader and warned him to “watch his words,” adding that Medvedev was “entering very dangerous territory.”
The spat appears to have begun with Trump’s criticism of Medvedev on Thursday.
Trump is telling the world where to track the highly classified, technologically advanced, nearly un-trackable submarines.
L. David Marquet is a former United States Navy Captain and author who served in the submarine force for nearly three decades. Graduating top of class from the United States Naval Academy in 1981 during the height of the Cold War, Marquet served on multiple submarines. He captained the USS Santa Fe from 1999 to 2001, transforming it from one of the worst-performing in the US fleet to the highest-ranked.
Earlier on Friday Trump said that he is going to stop the Ukraine war, which also indicates that his submarine deployment statement is not some announcement of nuclear war.
