Russia’s Safety Council’s Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev attends a gathering of the Council for Science and Training on the Joint Institute for Nuclear Analysis within the Moscow area’s metropolis of Dubna, Russia June 13, 2024.
Alexei Maishev | By way of Reuters
President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for claiming that a number of international locations are “able to straight provide” Iran with nuclear warheads on account of the U.S. strikes on key Iranian nuclear websites.
“Did he actually say that or, is it only a figment of my creativeness?” Trump mentioned of Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s safety council. “If he did say that, and, if confirmed, please let me know, IMMEDIATELY,” he wrote on Fact Social.
Trump chided Medvedev that the “N phrase” — which he specified stood for “Nuclear” — “shouldn’t be handled so casually.” However his response included the same bout of nuclear saber-rattling, suggesting that the president feels emboldened after ordering the bomb assaults in opposition to Iran late Saturday ET.
“By the best way, if anybody thinks our ‘{hardware}’ was nice over the weekend, far and away the strongest and finest tools we’ve got, 20 years superior over the pack, is our Nuclear Submarines,” Trump wrote, calling them “probably the most highly effective and deadly weapons ever constructed.”
Trump added, “I suppose that is why Putin’s ‘THE BOSS.'”
The publish got here in response to Medvedev, who preceded Vladimir Putin as president, criticizing the U.S. strikes on social media whereas downplaying their affect on Iran, a Russian ally.
Whereas Trump and Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth boasted that the assaults had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the Worldwide Atomic Vitality Company mentioned Sunday morning London time that it detected “no improve in off-site radiation ranges has been reported as of this time.”
Vice President JD Vance in a Sunday interview declined to say that the U.S. is for certain that Iran’s nuclear websites have been destroyed, although he mentioned he believes “we’ve got actually pushed their program again by a really very long time.”
However Medvedev wrote early Sunday morning ET on X that Iranian nuclear infrastructure seems to have sustained solely minor injury, and asserted that the “future manufacturing of nuclear weapons” will proceed.
He added that, “Quite a few international locations are able to straight provide Iran with their very own nuclear warheads” following the U.S. strikes.
Medvedev additionally mocked Trump for having “pushed the US into one other conflict” that almost all international locations oppose.
“At this price, Trump can neglect in regards to the Nobel Peace Prize — not even with how rigged it has develop into. What a strategy to kick issues off, Mr. President. Congratulations!”
Russia’s present president, Vladimir Putin, on Monday condemned the U.S. navy motion as “completely unprovoked aggression” and claimed that Moscow is making efforts to help the Iranian folks.
Medvedev responded to Trump’s critique in a brand new publish, writing, “Russia has no intention of supplying nuclear weapons to Iran.”
“However different international locations would possibly — that is what was mentioned,” he added.
