It comes amid heightened tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, after Trump described Russia’s actions as “disgusting”. The US President had given Putin a 50-day deadline to end the war, which he then reduced to less than two weeks following an unsatisfactory response from the Russian president.

President Trump responded to Dmitry Medvedev's provocative statements by ordering the repositioning of two U.S. nuclear submarines. Medvedev's remarks, which included threats of war between the U.S. and Russia,