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A Russian official said the American billionaire Elon Musk could be offered political asylum in Russia over his fierce dispute with Donald Trump

Dmitry Novikov, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, made the comments to Russian state news outlet TASS.

"I think that Musk has a completely different game, [so] he will not need any political asylum, although if he did, Russia, of course, could provide it," Novikov said, in remarks translated from Russian.

Musk and Trump, ostensibly political allies over cuts to federal spending, publicly clashed on June 5 in a series of exchanges across social media and in comments to reporters.

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[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 77 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

"Elon has too much government information to go to Russia!"

Y'all, please, listen, Russia already has our government information. The important thing to note here is that whether Elon runs off to Moscow or not, Russia making the offer may well drive a wedge between Russia and Trump. That, in and of itself, is good news. Trump has very few political allies at this point, with most of the world turning against him and trusting the US less. If he is even further alienated, there's a decent chance his party loses reelection or refuses to go along with his insane 3rd term plans. It'll take us a long time to rebuild international goodwill, but alienating Trump is a good thing.

Happy to proven wrong is there's an aspect I'm not considering here, but in my mind when the fascist fight each other it's good for the rest of us. Makes them easier to tackle, especially if the nonfash (and specifically the left) can unify.

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 31 points 19 hours ago

I just want to watch Trump have a full-on narcissistic collapse.

[–] Mandrilleren@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

On what do your base that Russia already have all the US secrets? I see several people on this talking point and I would really like something backing this claim.

This (as it stands right now) is not going to drive a wedge between Russia and Trump That's the reason it's a lower official saying it. Deniability. But let's see how it develops from here.

Anyways I agree with you that it's always better when the right is fighting each other instead of anybody else.

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

I'm just here for the titty baby tears. Anything more is a bonus :)