Public sentiment reflects significant anxiety and skepticism towards the escalating nuclear tensions between the US and Russia, with widespread criticism of Trump's actions as reckless and provocative. Many commenters express a strong desire for peace and diplomacy over military escalation, highlighting fears for innocent lives and a rejection of war rhetoric. The discourse is polarized, with some supporting Trump's position, while others call attention to perceived distractions from personal scandals. Overall, there is a prevailing concern about the ramifications of such escalating rhetoric on global security.

Donald Trump

Vladimir Putin

The same day they move Ghislaine Maxwell to a lower security prison camp.  Wonder which topic will get more news coverage

Danadroid

Does the US ever *not* have at least 2 missile boats near Russia?

Trust-Me-Im-A-Potato

🚨🚨🚨Trump on Truth Social: 

*Based on the highly provocative statements of the Former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that. Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances. Thank you for your attention to this matter!*

Foreign-Policy-02-

If we start ww3 because of a social media flame war, maybe our best contribution to the universe is to bring home that Darwin Award as a species. 

FailingToLurk2023

"Yes kids, ww3 started due to some guy not wanting to talk about his relationship with some pedo dude that killed himself. We live in a strange world!"

DonutsOnTheWall

This means effectively nothing. There are always strategic missile subs on patrol.

Also, knowing Trump, he doesn't understand the difference between sub classes and may have sent nuclear attack subs just because they are 'nuclear'.

Icyknightmare

#AND HE CLAIMED HARRIS WAS GOING TO START WWIII 😆 😂 😂 TRUMP IS A PEDOPHILE!!!

FilthyUsedThrowaway

SomeBaldDude2013

He's literally going to start world war 3 to avoid being outed as a pedophile

D3dshotCalamity

Like we haven't had subs near Russia since we've had subs

lookieherehere

Anything to distract from the Epstein files.

confused_ma

"A man you can bait with a *tweet* is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons." —Hillary.

Prudent_Link6029

World War 3 just to distract people from knowing that you're a pedophile rapist

CrispyMiner

How long ago was the famous.

"Your gambling with World War Three. Your Gambling with World War THree."

Well.

  
Things can change quickly as it seems.

Maybe you can only Gamble when you have a Suit on.

Historical_Purple741

It's a distraction. Release the Trumpstein files.

newtype06

I guess alcoholic Medvedev is going to fall out of the window in the near future.

YuriusSinisterClown

response to [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/medvedev-reminds-trump-russias-doomsday-nuclear-strike-capabilities-war-words-2025-07-31/](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/medvedev-reminds-trump-russias-doomsday-nuclear-strike-capabilities-war-words-2025-07-31/) ?

mfairview

How about that?

Anyway, Trump is a rapist who raped underaged girls with Epstein, and he’s looking to pardon Epstein’s partner-in-crime even though she was an integral part of the rapes committed by the two men.

I_Framed_OJ

Distraction 101in progress 
Nice job MAGA you are gonna get everyone killed.

Coyote56yote

It terrifies me that man like Trump and Putin have that much of power on this planet…

Tribolonutus

He's not *that* desperate to get Epstein out of the news cycle. Right? RIGHT?!

DoggedStooge

As a sailor in the Navy, there are always subs near Russia. And Russia always has subs near us.

*ALWAYS*

xsealsonsaturn

The entire point of nuclear submarines is that your enemy DOESN'T KNOW where they are 

For fucks sake 🤡

brezhnervouz

nowaychris111

From the article: President Trump has directed the Navy to deploy the newest member of it's nuclear arsenal, the USS Epstein Files.

Game-of-pwns

They’re already calling this the Epstein Missile Crisis

Nnoooice

CoulditBe_Me

Lol anyone who thinks we didn't already isnt living in reality. This is rhetoric. We always have assets around adversarial nations.

Annolyze

The funny thing is the idea of sending two of them to be in range of Russia.  Publicly, the US has 71 nuclear subs and 14 of the are Ohio class with ICBMs.  I have a feeling there are far more than two already in striking distance of Moscow and they have been there for a while.

MilmoWK

It's time to invoke the 25th. This lunatic is a danger on a global scale.

Shitty_Fat-tits

Those submarines were probably there for 4 decades now

sotommy

It doesn’t matter where ballistic missiles subs are located.  Russia targets are always within range due to the range of the missile.  This is a nothing statement and a nothing article.

Kind-Objective9513

Russia talks shit. Trump talks shit. And both of them put their ego first and nobody backs down. Politics have become 7 year olds talking shit to each other at school. Truly magnificent time to be alive.

McENEN

My guess is we *always* have nuclear submarines near Russia. It's part of first strike doctrine. Strike them so hard and so fast that they can't or seriously reconsider a second retaliatory strike. If you are surprised by this then you are just uninformed.

I mean, during the Cold War it's known fact that we had nuclear armed SAC bombers in the air literally 24/7, ready to strike if the orders came down.

ThrenderG

mild-hot-fire

K, but what’s the holdup on the Epstein files?

newtbob

booya-grandma

ZefSoFresh

It would be 100% on brand for him to start World War III and all but exterminate the human race to cover for the fact that he’s a pedophile.

OhDivineBussy

This is such a none story. Anyone who has served in the armed forces or knows anything about the nuclear weapons strategy, knows that there are always subs sitting near Russia just waiting for world war 3. Spoiler alert there’s subs sat waiting off China too….. Trump is a rapist.

LoftyMonster

Ah, what we used to call wagging the dog.

OtherBluesBrother

We always have nuclear submarines near Russia. Always. He didn’t do anything. This is a distraction

DoggedDoggystyle

its almost like this is a diversion to another big story....hmm

TroyMatthewJ

Translation “Maybe if I move nukes around people will stop talking about Epstein”.

Notgreygoddess

this guy going to start another war to distract from the epstein files, inflation, and no jobs

bumblebeelivinglife

Cool now what about Epstein and that list?

ChamberofSarcasm

Let's be realistic, if Russia fires, it's game over for humans.

Tro1138

Guarantee Putin knew this before any of the sub commanders did.

atreeismissing

njman100

GooglyWooglyWoo

Trumps going to start a world war just to cover up the files

Relative_Drop3216

Tell me again how it was Biden and Harris who were going to get us into WW3 and not Donald  "no wars" Trump?

iamnotchad

They said that a woman president would be too erratic and emotional.

Kiddo1029

This is purely performative, a social-media theater :) 

He is countering what the Kremlin alcoholics do for a long time already: They are constantly referring to their nuke capabilities and threatening the West, sometimes disguised as bad jokes. Like in the last tweet by rambling Medvedev, Kremlin alcoholic, where he mentioned the "death hand" scenario, which again is a reference to their nukes.

Trump didn't do some unexpected move from subs closer to Russia and now "threatening Russia". Because a) subs are always patrolling and positioned, it's what subs do.  b) It doesn't really matter whether a nuclear sub is "closer to Russia".

It's like having a bully who is threatening you, and finally having enough of it and telling the bully: Ok, but know I have a gun and I will fvcking use it if I am threatened. 

And this is exactly what Trump did. And truth is, we do NOT know whether the constant rambling by the Kremlin alcoholics (plus the rambling about annihilating the West on their late-night propaganda TV) are idiotic rambling or maybe serious. 

This is why he said "Just in case your foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that" - Watch your fvcking words!

flexylol

So when was the last time the US announced the location of one of our submarines?

gecampbell

Jesus, the Epstein stuff must be getting really bad.

MicrowaveDonuts

Anything to distract from the Epstein files he's most definitely in.

Cantus_primus

Twelvefrets227

The timing is so perfect, right when Ghislaine Maxwell is quietly moved from Florida prison to less harsh lockup in Texas as lawyers seek Trump pardon

[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ghislaine-maxwell-prison-trump-pardon-epstein-b2800443.html](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ghislaine-maxwell-prison-trump-pardon-epstein-b2800443.html)

Speeder172

28.02.2025, White House: Trump to President Zelenskyy "You are gambling with WW3" 

01.08.2025, White House: "Trump orders two nuclear submarines to be deployed near russia"

GreenEyeOfADemon

Better start a war before more people want the epstein files.

Sufficient_Delay1063

Will Trump start a war to stop the talk about Epstein?

Think-Werewolf-4521

Realistic_Let3239

Infinite_Crow_3706

Great, when can we see the Epstein files?

-Havery-

Back to the Epstein files please… nice try.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ghislaine-maxwell-prison-trump-pardon-epstein-b2800443.html

Weird_Rooster_4307

Trump is just distracting from the fact that he’s a pedophile

Tman11S

Something something broken clock. I am not going to complain though, its about time Russia's nuclear saber rattling faced some consequences

piwikiwi

Adityaxkd

Main_Lecture_9924

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Ghost1511

“Hey come look at our submarines for your own intel”

TripleBanEvasion

redpillsrule

Turbulent_Pool_5378

Good. Instilling the fear of permanent extermination into the Russian psyche is the only way to combat its imperialist ambitions. The EU should have the power to do the same aggressive nuclear posturing, but it doesn't. 

The EU's only nuclear power, France, still holds very romantic views about Russia, and has only one patrolling SSBN at any given time.

Naive-Project-8835

Is the rapist going to give them to papa Putin? There's a lot to pay back for financing Trumps presidency.

Deepfire_DM

lol. They don’t need to be near. That’s kind of the point.

magneticpyramid

I mean, I kind of support him on this, Russia has to be stopped and showed that the rest of the world doesn't accept their bullshit.

Separate-Pace-9833

tariff war isn't working to increase revenues so Trump's going to start a "war" with Russia to cover up his ineptitude and deflect from further incriminations for his participation in Epstein child sex-trafficking scandal

Kooky_Heart3042

Maybe he's giving Putin American nukes, he is still a Russian asset after all

UltraCynar

Beetly4

I think America needs to pressure Russia more, if Trump does so then he think that’s great.

https://defencereport.com/barbarians-at-the-gates-of-europe-nights-in-lviv-ukraine/

Mattos_12

“Trump announces that the US Navy will be doing what it’s been doing for the last 60+ years”

Nifty29au

Nuclear exchange would be a solid distraction from the EpsteinTrump files.

Oxen_aka_nexO

They already patrol routinely around russia for decades.. Another nothing burger.

BahutF1

Bruh they are already within reach. That’s the whole point. Those submarines are always able to nuke Russia. What a strange threat

Can everyone please stfu about Epstein now?

gorpmonger

How far would he go to distract and save his hide? 
Would he do it? Would he push the button ?
It’s a scary scenario as I think we all know he’d do anything

JakeGreyjoy

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/opinion/sunday/donald-the-dove-hillary-the-hawk.html

Savings-Program2184

I thought people only gave a plane these days for bribes…hmmm

One_Particular247

aigars2

Beneficial_Act_9588

nicolampionic

This what happens when the Russians think they can use nuclear provocation towards a country that has the same capabilities.

Little_Drive_6042

It's more common than you think. US subs are strategically moved around the world, particularly as a show of strength against North Korea and as support for South Korea. It's not militarily speaking necessary as the weaponry could be launched from anywhere around the planet. It's just unusual to publicly announce it. This is more of a flex from Trump in response to Russian rhetoric.

DavidJonnsJewellery

Well done Donald, the functionality of a nuclear submarine is that no enemy countries know where they are. I bet that Donald has never played battle ships. If he ever goes to war with any country will he tell them all of his tactics before he actions them ? This man pretends to be a peace maker but will go down in history as the president that caused world war 3.

Admirable_Pepper_227

This Asshat will burn everything down to cover his own ass. Literally.

dmyers0828

Tensions between the US and Russia have escalated following President Donald Trump's announcement to reposition two nuclear submarines, which he justified as a reaction to provocative comments made by former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev regarding the risk of war. The Kremlin responded, urging caution in nuclear rhetoric while playing down the significance of Trump's orders.

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