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 Donald Trump has ordered nuclear submarines to be positioned near Russia in response to escalating threats from Moscow. Amid growing tensions over the Ukraine war, Trump and Russia’s former president Dmitry Medvedev traded blows this week,

EXCLUSIVE: Trump sent huge military submarines to be positioned by Russia over night after he received a so-called 'threat' from a close ally off Putin – but an expert says they might not be needed