The command given by Donald Trump Last Friday, in two US nuclear submarines, to take the “appropriate positions” against Russia after Dmitry Medvedev’s nuclear threats surprised many who wondered how the US president allowed him to react to the US president.

In a series of pompous posts on social media, Medvedev, who in recent years appears as a fierce critic of the West, mocked Trump’s deadline for Russia for a peace deal in Ukraine, saying that every new ultimatum is “a step of the way”.

The US president will have to remember “how dangerous the legendary” dead hand “can be,” Medvedev also recalled in a provocative reference to the Russian automatic nuclear system in the Soviet era.

The minister Trump’s external, Marco Rubio, He downgraded the Russian recent posts, noting that Medvedev is no longer responsible for decision -making in Moscow. This is a view that CNN commented many Russians since they consider him widely politically irrelevantwith little power, All the more so with the power to launch a nuclear blow.

However, the question arises: Why does Trump deal with statements he described as “stupid”? And why does it react in such a jerk, intensifying the tension between Washington and Moscow?

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One possible answer is that it is a convenient demonstration of power towards its audience inside, which allows him to appear ‘harsh with Russia’ Without turning against the real Kremlin tsar: Putin himself.

Trump said he ordered two nuclear submarines to “take appropriate positions” if Medvedev’s “stupid” statements “are not just provocative”.

In fact, however, many American submarines, carrying hundreds of nuclear heads, patrol every day around the world. Given the huge range of their rockets and the geographical size of Russia, it is unlikely that any “rearrangement” will significantly change their ability to hurt Russian goals.

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However, as always, the time should not be overlooked.

Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, Steve Whitkovhe is preparing in the coming days to continue negotiations with the Russian leadership. Most likely, it is likely to put pressure on Russia to secure a truce agreement in Ukraine before the Trump ultimatum expires, which has threatened to impose tough duties if there is no peace agreement.

But there are few who estimate that Moscow – stubbornly insist that it has to achieve its military targets before ending the war in Ukraine – will retreat. Even The escalation of nuclear rhetoric does not seem capable of changing the hard attitude of the Kremlin.

However, at the communication level, “nuclear readiness” can function for Trump as a useful distraction, especially at this stage that seems to evaluate – and possibly lift – potentially self -destructive, threat of secondary sanctions in countries such as India and India.

At the same time, the narrative of a possible “nuclear conflict” with Russia, the country with the most individual weapons on the planet could to distract attention from unpleasant internal political issues – Like, for example, the scandal.

Of course, any reference to escalation between the two largest nuclear forces in the world is causing justified concern.

However, despite the resurgence of tension, the Washington -Moschar relationship is far from a nuclear conflict.

In other words, the frivolous nuclear threats on either side is definitely alarming but not a harbinger of war.