Donald Trump twisted the content of a Telegram post by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, wrongly accusing him of considering the option of supplying Iran with nuclear weapons. Medvedev answered in English on X:
“Regarding President Trump’s concerns: I condemn the US strike on Iran—it failed to achieve its objectives. However, Russia has no intention of supplying nuclear weapons to Iran because, unlike Israel, we are parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
“I know quite well what this would entail, having overseen our nuclear forces as president. But other countries might—and that’s what was said.
“And we definitely should not be arguing over who has more nukes. All the more so because the New START treaty, which I once signed with a U.S. president, is still in force—for now. The question is: what comes next?”
Here is Medvedev’s June 22 Telegram post, which is translated from the original Russian:
“What have the Americans accomplished with their nighttime strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran?
“1. Critical infrastructure of the nuclear fuel cycle appears to have been unaffected or sustained only minor damage.
“2. The enrichment of nuclear material—and, now we can say it outright, the future production of nuclear weapons—will continue.
