Tensions escalate as trump orders nuclear submarines in response to Medvedev's remarks

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Tensions escalate as trump orders nuclear submarines in response to Medvedev's remarks    U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that he has ordered the repositioning of two nuclear submarines in response to what he called "highly provocative statements" from Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president and current deputy chairman of its Security Council.   READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/08/01/tensions-escalate-as-trump-orders-nuclear-submarines-in-response-to-medvedevs-remarks  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Trump announced on his Truth Social platform that he is deploying two U.S. nuclear submarines

00:06in response to what he called Medvedev's reckless and insidiary statements.

00:13The move comes as Trump's special envoy pushes for a Ukraine ceasefire

00:17with a shortened 10-day deadline for progress before new sanctions hit.

00:23Medvedev, now a top Russian security official, fired back saying

00:28Russia is on the right track and won't back down.

00:33He mocked Trump's warning about Russia's economy,

00:37sarcastically referencing the Walking Dead and the Cold War-era dead-hand nuclear system.

00:44This isn't the first clash between the two.

00:47Earlier this month, Medvedev dismissed Trump's ultimatums,

00:51warning that pressure on Moscow risks conflict not with Ukraine, but with America itself.

00:58So...

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