Washington: US President Donald Trump announced today that he had ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines in response to “very provocative” comments made by a Russian official.

According to National News Agency – Lebanon, Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform: “Based on the very provocative comments made by former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, I have ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines to the appropriate areas, in case these stupid comments escalate.”

He continued: “Words are very important, and they can often lead to unintended consequences. I hope this is not one of those cases.”

Medvedev, who is currently deputy chairman of the Russian National Security Council, considered in a post on “X” that “Trump’s setting a deadline for Moscow to end the war in Ukraine is a threat and a step toward war.”