By Phil Stewart, Jonathan Landay and Ryan Patrick Jones WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in "the appropriate regions" in response to remarks from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev about the risk of war between the nuclear-armed adversaries.

In a warning to Russia, President Donald Trump said Friday he's ordering the repositioning of two U.S. nuclear submarines “based on the highly provocative statements” of the country's former president,

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