Trump’s Nuclear Submarine Deployment: Saber-Rattling and Its Implications for the EU and Beyond
(By Khalid Masood) Introduction On August 1, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the repositioning of two nuclear submarines to “appropriate regions” near Russia, a provocative response to inflammatory remarks by Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president and deputy chairman of its Security Council. For instance, Trump’s decision, publicized on Truth Social, cited Medvedev’s reference to…