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President Donald Trump said on Friday he's ordered two nuclear submarines to move to the "appropriate regions" in response to what he called "highly provocative statements" from the deputy chair of Russia's security council,

President Donald Trump responded to threats from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev regarding escalating rhetoric over a potential nuclear response to the Ukraine conflict. "Medvedev was talking about nuclear, when you talk about nuclear we have to be prepared," Trump said Friday. "We are totally prepared."