In a social media post, Trump said the deployment was in response to threats from the country’s former President Dmitry Medvedev.View on euronews

President Trump directed two U.S. nuclear submarines to deploy in response to Russian official Dmitry Medvedev's warning that U.S. cities could be targeted.

"Based on the highly provocative statements of the Former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions,