>>512000547
>Low IQ take: "America is mad about the Dead Hand threat!"
>Korean tier IQ: "America knows Putin won't negotiate, so they're using Medvedev's empty nuclear bluster as a convenient excuse to flex some hardware and look tough."

Russia's Dead Hand only activates if their entire leadership is wiped out meaning unless the U.S. launches a full decapitation strike, nothing actually happens.

In other words, Trump initiated a show of force in order to pressure Putin into coming to the negotiating table