United States President Donald Trump on Friday stated that he has ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines in areas close to Russia following ‘provocative statements’ from Deputy Chairman of the Safety Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev.
Taking to his TruthSocial, Trump stated, “Based mostly on the extremely provocative statements of the Former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who’s now the Deputy Chairman of the Safety Council of the Russian Federation, I’ve ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned within the applicable areas, simply in case these silly and inflammatory statements are extra than simply that.”
The US President additional added, “Phrases are crucial, and may usually result in unintended penalties. I hope this won’t be a kind of situations. Thanks to your consideration to this matter.”
Trump’s this response got here a day after he focused India and Russia with ‘Useless Economies’ comment. Following this, Medvedev had hit again exhausting.
In a message posted on his Telegram channel, Dmitry Medvedev remarked that if statements from a former Russian president may provoke such a powerful response from the supposedly highly effective U.S. president, then it suggests Russia is heading in the right direction and can proceed to observe its personal course.
He additionally made a reference to Donald Trump’s identified curiosity in popular culture, suggesting that the previous U.S. president ought to mirror on his favourite movies, significantly The Strolling Useless, and take into account how harmful one thing like a “useless hand” could possibly be—even when such a factor does not naturally exist. Medvedev concluded his message with a laughing emoji, underscoring his dismissive tone.
The time period “useless hand” refers to a Chilly Warfare-era idea used within the West to explain the Soviet Union’s automated nuclear retaliation system, referred to as Perimeter. In response to the Russian state information company TASS and reported by PTI, the system was designed to make sure a second retaliatory strike even when all Soviet management had been worn out in a primary nuclear assault.