U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that he has ordered the repositioning of two nuclear submarines in response to what he called "highly provocative statements" from Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president and current deputy chairman of its Security Council.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday told U.S. President Donald Trump to remember that Moscow possessed Soviet-era nuclear strike capabilities of last resort after Trump told Medvedev to "watch his words".

Trump said he has ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines following what he called "highly provocative statements" from Russia's Dmitry Medvedev