Trump slams Russia's Medvedev for claiming countries will give Iran nuclear warheads

President Donald Trump connected Monday lashed retired astatine erstwhile Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for claiming that aggregate countries are "ready to straight supply" Iran with nuclear warheads arsenic a effect of the U.S. strikes connected cardinal Iranian atomic sites.

"Did helium truly accidental that or, is it conscionable a figment of my imagination?" Trump said of Medvedev, the lawman president of Russia's information council. "If helium did accidental that, and, if confirmed, delight fto maine know, IMMEDIATELY," helium wrote connected Truth Social.

Trump chided Medvedev that the "N word" — which helium specified stood for "Nuclear" — "should not beryllium treated truthful casually." But his effect included a akin bout of atomic saber-rattling, suggesting that the president feels emboldened aft ordering the weaponry attacks against Iran precocious Saturday ET.

"By the way, if anyone thinks our 'hardware' was large implicit the weekend, acold and distant the strongest and champion instrumentality we have, 20 years precocious implicit the pack, is our Nuclear Submarines," Trump wrote, calling them "the astir almighty and lethal weapons ever built."

Trump added, "I conjecture that's wherefore Putin's 'THE BOSS.'"

The station came successful effect to Medvedev, who preceded Vladimir Putin arsenic president, criticizing the U.S. strikes connected societal media portion downplaying their interaction connected Iran, a Russian ally.

While Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasted that the attacks had "obliterated" Iran's atomic ambitions, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Sunday greeting London clip that it detected "no summation successful off-site radiation levels has been reported arsenic of this time."

Vice President JD Vance successful a Sunday interrogation declined to accidental that the U.S. definite that Iran's atomic sites were destroyed, though helium said helium believes "we person truly pushed their programme backmost by a precise agelong time."

But Medvedev wrote aboriginal Sunday greeting ET connected X that Iranian atomic infrastructure appears to person sustained lone insignificant damage, and asserted that the "future accumulation of atomic weapons" volition continue.

He added that, "A fig of countries are acceptable to straight proviso Iran with their ain atomic warheads" pursuing the U.S. strikes.

Medvedev besides mocked Trump for having "pushed the US into different war" that astir countries oppose.

"At this rate, Trump tin hide astir the Nobel Peace Prize — not adjacent with however rigged it has become. What a mode to footwear things off, Mr. President. Congratulations!"

Russia's existent president, Vladimir Putin, connected Monday condemned the U.S. subject enactment arsenic "absolutely unprovoked aggression" and claimed that Moscow is making efforts to assistance the Iranian people.