Medvedev Barks
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Trump moves US subs after ex-Russian leader’s ‘inflammatory’ remarks
By Will Weissert, The Associated Press
In a warning to Russia, President Donald Trump said Friday he’s ordering the repositioning of two U.S. nuclear submarines “based on the highly provocative statements” of the country’s former president Dmitry Medvedev.
Trump posted on his social media site that based on the “highly provocative statements” from Medvedev he had “ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that.”
The president added, “Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances.”
It wasn’t immediately clear what impact Trump’s order would have on U.S. nuclear subs, which are routinely on patrol in the world’s hotspots, but it comes at a delicate moment in the Trump administration’s relations with Moscow.
Trump has said that special envoy Steve Witkoff is heading to Russia to push Moscow to agree to a ceasefire in its war with Ukraine and has threatened new economic sanctions if progress is not made. He cut his 50-day deadline for action to 10 days, with that window set to expire next week.
Left unsaid was Putin’s attack dog stating in response to Trump’s accelerated sanction timeline, that “Each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war, not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his own country.” Medvedev is deputy chair of Russia’s Security Council and well known for his aggressive, apocalyptic and frequent threats of nuclear escalation.
The impact of Trump reshuffling the Boomers may not impress AP journalists, but that is not the intended audience. The Russian military has to respond by dispersing high-value strategic resources and increasing its threat level. These are not trivial exercises especially now when Moscow is deep in its Ukraine quagmire. They well know Trump’s secondary sanctions can sink their economy, and this is about the only card they have.
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Saw that the other day. I didn’t think it got the attention it deserves. The problem we have here is that Trump values human life very highly and Putin clearly doesn’t. He has demonstrated over and over again that he will gleefully kill everyone whoever stands in his way. Putin also has less to lose.
We aren’t into the nothing to lose territory, but we are getting there. I’m not sure how effective the secondary sanctions will be. We are talking $5B in trade versus a $2 trillion economy. It seems to me to be a pebble in a pond.
My point is though, you should never “play chicken” with someone who has nothing to lose. Because they might just say “fuq it”.
“you should never “play chicken” with someone who has nothing to lose”
Walk (talk) softly but carry a big stick. Keep it hidden.
Waiting to see if the ruskies punk out on this deal.
Cue the liberal media’s unironic switch from calling Trump “Putin’s Puppet” to “Trump’s a war monger/WWIII//he must dial the escalation back” in 3, 2, ….
Somebody took Medvedev’s muzzle off.
Medvedev is Putin’s ventriloquism dummy.
Why the hell do we keep telling our adversaries or the world what the hell our military is doing or our plans?
I mean isn’t the Submarine force the Silent Service? Then we release to the news oh by the way our subs are off your coast. Screw that, let them find out the old fashion way when the missiles are inbound.
Hey Iran stop being stupid, or we’ll bomb your Nuke Plants. Hmm he’s going to bomb us in 2 days, let’s move the stuff before it happens.
Maybe I’m just dumb or uneducated in the ways of political thinking, but I just don’t understand the thinking or reasoning behind this.
Hell even Ukraine and Russia seems to tell their news agencies too damn much. So it’s not just us doing this.
So somebody please educate this clueless retired NCO.
Mike
USAF Retired
There are a couple of alternatives here: First, maybe the U.S. isn’t really moving any subs closer to Russia, but now Russia has to deploy all available ASW assets to try to find these two phantom subs.
Second, maybe we’ve moved more than two subs closer so that the Rooskies stop looking once they’ve located the two they expected.