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Kremlin urges caution with nuclear rhetoric after Trump's submarine order
Reuters Yahoo News ^ | 8/4/2025 | Dmitry Antonov

Posted on 08/04/2025 3:13:55 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

The Kremlin said on Monday that everyone should be careful about nuclear rhetoric, in its first response to a statement by U.S. President Donald Trump that he had ordered a repositioning of U.S. nuclear submarines.

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Peskov declined to answer directly when asked whether the Kremlin had tried to warn Medvedev to tone down his online altercation with Trump.

"Listen, in every country, members of the leadership... have different points of view on events that are taking place, different attitudes. There are people who are very, very tough-minded in the United States of America and in European countries, so this is always the case," he said.

"But the main thing, of course, is the position of President (Vladimir) Putin," he said. "You know that in our country, foreign policy is formulated by the head of state, that is, President Putin."

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1 posted on 08/04/2025 3:13:55 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Medvedev threatens nuclear war and then Russia urges restraint from speaking about nuclear war.

That's like Hamas beheading and raping Jews and then urging Israel not to resort to violence.

2 posted on 08/04/2025 3:28:11 AM PDT by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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Half of the Ruskies nukes would blow up on lift off. They are the ones who better be carsful with the rhetoric.


3 posted on 08/04/2025 3:39:39 AM PDT by spincaster (ifi)
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To: RoosterRedux

Exactly.


4 posted on 08/04/2025 3:48:36 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: marcusmaximus

The faster we walk away from Biden’s war trap the better.


5 posted on 08/04/2025 3:55:26 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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“Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences,”


6 posted on 08/04/2025 3:56:35 AM PDT by McGruff (Make Ukraine Great Again)
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Well, if this happens what will Medvedev have to talk about?


7 posted on 08/04/2025 4:22:19 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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I think it’s pronounced like

Myed-vye-dyev - hard to say.


8 posted on 08/04/2025 4:27:31 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Hail to Pitt!)
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I said this would happen on another thread and I was called stupid for saying it. “Trump bad, he’s trying to start a nuclear war!” Russia has always been a bully until they are called out on it. Then they whine like cowards that they are being threatened.

Same goes with any dictator. They threaten and then hide. Trump won’t let them hide.


9 posted on 08/04/2025 4:40:04 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (TDS much?)
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Putin needs to curtail Medvedev’s vodka allowance. 8 of Dmitri’s last 10 social media posts have been nuclear threats.


10 posted on 08/04/2025 4:49:14 AM PDT by montag813
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… “ . “You know that in our country, foreign policy is formulated by the head of state, “ …

And in America foreign policy decisions arebeing taken away from the three letter departments and being brought back to the President, where the power belongs.


11 posted on 08/04/2025 6:09:34 AM PDT by daku
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“Medvedev threatens nuclear war...”

Reminding (or very possibly informing) Trump, of the long-standing Russian response to a FIRST STRIKE, which is what Medvedev did, is not threatening nuclear war.

People need to calm down and stop being manipulated by the Media and the Neocons.


12 posted on 08/04/2025 6:27:13 AM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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Medvedev wasn’t calmly explaining Russia’s first-strike policy—he invoked Dead Hand, a doomsday system designed to auto-launch nukes if Russian leadership is wiped out. That’s not a casual reminder; it’s nuclear saber-rattling in response to tariff threats, not missiles. That escalation wasn’t about informing—it was about intimidating.

As for the media and neocons: fair point that they hype things. But dismissing every warning as manipulation is its own kind of blindness. Sometimes, a threat is just a threat.


13 posted on 08/04/2025 6:41:01 AM PDT by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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And BTW, Trump didn’t reposition two nuclear subs because he thought Medvedev was having a polite discussion about defensive posture. He took it as a provocation—and rightly so.


14 posted on 08/04/2025 6:44:01 AM PDT by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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That's like Hamas beheading and raping Jews and then urging Israel not to resort to violence.

Yep, and to a lesser extent, The Dems using Congressional reapportionment to their advantage in Blue states like NY and Illinois and then saying we should stop it when Texas is doing it.

15 posted on 08/04/2025 6:47:14 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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“Medvedev wasn’t calmly explaining Russia’s first-strike policy—he invoked Dead Hand, a doomsday system designed to auto-launch nukes if Russian leadership is wiped out. That’s not a casual reminder; it’s nuclear saber-rattling in response to tariff threats, not missiles.”

Thank you for agreeing that Medvedev was talking about a RESPONSE to a first strike. I was not aware of Dead Hand and there’s a good chance that either Trump wasn’t aware, or he was told that it was fictitious, given the Neocons that surround him. And given the Neocon OBSESSION over Russia, launching a First Strike at Russia is definitely in the mix.

So now Trump knows that Russia has a standing RESPONSE to a First Strike, and that it’s real. So, given that, it’s important to note how much things have calmed down.


16 posted on 08/04/2025 6:47:35 AM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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“And BTW, Trump didn’t reposition two nuclear subs because he thought Medvedev was having a polite discussion about defensive posture. He took it as a provocation—and rightly so.”

Again, Trump is surrounded by Neocons, so his response reflects that. As to moving subs in the ocean, that dates back well over 100 years, and Russia knows it.


17 posted on 08/04/2025 6:49:15 AM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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Who are the neocons advising Trump?


18 posted on 08/04/2025 6:55:33 AM PDT by RoosterRedux ("There's nothing so inert as a closed mind" )
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“Who are the neocons advising Trump?”

Virtually everyone around him in his first term. Now he has Rubio, Kellogg, and Lindsey Graham, for starters. And Trump has been parroting them, ESPECIALLY GRAHAM.


19 posted on 08/04/2025 7:00:30 AM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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“he invoked Dead Hand, a doomsday system designed to auto-launch nukes if Russian leadership is wiped out.”

Sounds like a defensive weapon. Something the war mongers should pay attention to.

20 posted on 08/04/2025 7:00:42 AM PDT by McGruff (Make Ukraine Great Again)
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