Back in June, Vice President JD Vance nabbed multiple headlines for his salient response to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev … not to mention his direct challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
As Medvedev still appears to be the de facto mouthpiece for Russia in more than one way, Vance rather rightfully called out his “bizarre response” to the bombings of Iran, while also calling for Putin to speak out on “the official Russian position.”
“First of all, I think it’s a bizarre response, but I also don’t know that that guy speaks for President Putin or for the Russian government. [Russia has] been very consistent that they don’t want Iran to get a nuclear weapon. I’ll let President [Vladimir] Putin speak to what the official Russian position on this is,” Vance asserted.
However, it would appear that Russia has completely disregarded the advice of Vance, as Medvedev is continuing to spout off.
Spouting off quite a bit, actually, as well as resuming the rather tired – yet still fear-inducing – threats of World War III.
According to a report from The Hill, Medvedev has ramped up his public criticism of the United States, especially following President Donald Trump’s decision to shorten the ceasefire deadline from 50 days to “10-12 days.”
“Trump’s playing the ultimatum game with Russia: 50 days or 10… He should remember 2 things:
- Russia isn’t Israel or even Iran.
- Each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war. Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his own country. Don’t go down the Sleepy Joe road!” Medvedev ominously intoned on X.
Medvedev was also responding to Trump’s own post on Truth Social, where he made it rather clear that he could care less about what the former Russian president had to say.
“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. 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 declared in a fiery posting.
And, even more compellingly, Trump also delivered an even more brazen response outside of social media.
Indeed, the very first Patriot systems are now bound for Ukraine – a long-held request from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
As part of the recent NATO deal, the United States would ship U.S. Patriot Systems to Germany, who would then send the necessary equipment onwards to Ukraine.
As observed by The Hill, “the Patriot system is one of the few weapons systems around the world that can blow up Russian ballistic missiles, a proven critical capability as Russia has stepped up its aerial attacks on Ukraine.”
Therefore, it is safe to say that Trump does not appear to be playing games at this juncture in time. Though where those games will lead remains a mystery …
Author: Jane Jones
