The Kremlin has tried to calm tensions in a feud between Trump and Medvedev that spiraled into nuclear threats.

In 2017, during his first term as US president, Trump announced that he had sent two nuclear submarines to the Korean peninsula. Soon afterwards, he held a meeting with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un. Whether this latest move will lead to a new meeting with Putin is yet to be seen, however.

I’ve already put out a statement, and the answer is, they are in the region, yeah, where they have to be,” Trump said. On Aug. 1, Trump announced he had ordered the deployment of the submarines in response to Medvedev’s remarks.