Trump has ordered two nuclear submarines to move closer to Russia, without disclosing which vessel or where they are moving to.
The US President had given Putin a 50-day deadline to end the war, which he then reduced to less than two weeks following an unsatisfactory response from the Russian president.
Medvedev, who once held the hope of the West as a reformist voice in Russia, is a staunch Putin ally whose rhetoric is now often harsher than the President himself.
Trump responded in kind, describing Medvedev as “the failed former president of Russia, who thinks he’s still president”.
What has Trump said about the moves?
In posts on his social media site Truth Social, Trump justified the submarine movements based on the comments by Medvedev.
Trump expanded his comments later that day to a reporter, saying: “A threat was made, and we didn’t think it was appropriate. So I have to be very careful.
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So far, Putin and Medvedev are yet to respond. However, pro-Putin legislator Viktor Vodolatsky continued to stoke the rhetoric.
While justifying the moves, Trump was purposely vague while discussing the nuclear submarines.
This matters, as Trump’s description of “nuclear submarines” could mean two very different things completely.
Trump’s vagueness on the specifics, especially in the context of his refusal to engage in sabre rattling is notable in the context of the tensions.
What do the experts think?
Reporting in the US magazine The Atlantic highlighted Medvedev’s limited influence over Russian politics, comparing the former President to an online troll.
“As for Medvedev, it’s true he’s a former Russian president and Russian prime minister, in fact but he’s always subordinate to Vladimir Putin. Right now, the position he holds is equivalent to Deputy National Security Adviser in the US. It’s really very ill-advised to have the President responding to somebody like that.”
“The subs are always there all the time and don’t need to be moved into position,” he said. “He grants Medvedev a response to these crazy statements.”
Evelyn Farkas, executive director of the McCain Institute and a former senior Pentagon official, played down the idea that this could lead to nuclear conflict.
“It’s really signalling. It’s not the beginning of some nuclear confrontation and nobody reads it as such. And I would imagine the Russians don’t either.”
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