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It's 1,259 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
And in the last episode,
we discussed the former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's comments on social media when he accused Donald Trump of playing the ultimatum game with Russia,
suggesting each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war.
Well, on Friday, we got the US President's response.
Things escalated further with Donald Trump writing on Truth Social.
Based on the highly provocative statements of the former president of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev,
I have ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions.
And speaking to reporters later in the same day, Donald Trump explained why.
We just have to be careful.
And a threat was made and we didn't think it was appropriate.
So I have to be very careful.
So I do that.
on the basis of safety for our people.
A threat was made by a former president of Russia, and we're going to protect our people.
Well, Donald Trump's move was a week away from his new deadline for the current Russian president,
Vladimir Putin, to bring the war to an end by the 8th of August.
And to mark that deadline, we're going to move our Q&A episode to Friday,
so there won't be an episode on Thursday.