Former Russian President and Russia’s deputy security council chairman Dmitry Medvedev warned US President Donald Trump about how dangerous those he calls ‘dead’ would prove.
Trump Slams India-Russia Ties and Criticizes Medvedev
In a post on Truth Social, Trump had said, “I don’t care what India does with Russia. They can take their dead economies down together, for all I care. We have done very little business with India, their tariffs are too high, among the highest in the World. Likewise, Russia and the USA do almost no business together.”
The US President further singled out Medvedev in his post and took a swipe at him: “Let’s keep it that way, and tell Medvedev, the failed former President of Russia, who thinks he’s still President, to watch his words. He’s entering very dangerous territory!”
Trump’s Comments Come After Tariffs on India
Trump made the comment about the economies of the two countries a day after he imposed 25 per cent tariffs on India, as well as a fine for its imports from Russia.
He had disapproved of India’s defence deals with Russia and said, “Also, they have always bought a vast majority of their military equipment from Russia, and are Russia’s largest buyer of ENERGY, along with China, at a time when everyone wants Russia to STOP THE KILLING IN UKRAINE ALL THINGS NOT GOOD!”
In the meantime, Medvedev asserted Trump’s statement only demonstrated that Russia was acting correctly, and it must further go down this road.
“If some words from the former president of Russia trigger such a nervous reaction from the high-and-mighty president of the United States, then Russia is doing everything right and will continue to proceed along its own path,” Medvedev said in a post on Telegram.
Medvedev Mocks Trump’s ‘Dead Economy’ Jibe
Responding to Trump’s remarks on Russia’s economy, Dmitry Medvedev said, “As for the talk about the ‘dead economies’ of India and Russia, and ‘entering dangerous territory’ – maybe he should recall his favourite movies about ‘the walking dead’, and also remember how dangerous the fabled ‘Dead Hand’, which doesn’t even exist, could be.”
Since Russia launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Medvedev has become one of the most vocal anti-Western Kremlin leaders. While some Kremlin critics mock him as an ‘irresponsible loose canon’, some Western envoys explain that his statements indicate a taste of ideas in Russia’s policy-making circles.
The ‘Dead Hand’ Reference and Nuclear Tensions
The ‘Dead Hand’ is a reference to a secret semi-automated Russian command system, which is designed to launch Moscow’s nuclear missiles if its leadership is eliminated in a deadly strike by an enemy, a Reuters report said.
Earlier as well, Trump had hit out at Medvedev, accusing him of throwing around the “N (nuclear) word” after Russian officials criticised the US strikes on Iran and said that a “number of countries” were ready to provide Iran with nuclear warheads. “I guess that’s why Putin’s ‘THE BOSS’,” Trump had said.
