Russia Offers Political Asylum to Elon Musk over Trump Feud
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BigFreakingZombie@reddit
That's even funnier if you consider that he's dumb enough to actually take them up on their offer. Now while still very unlikely if he actually ended up in Russia he would probably be up to his usual antics in no time and let's just say the Russians do things differently. I mean say whatever you want about Trump but I highly doubt ''throw him out the fucking window'' is one of the options he's considering to deal with Musk.
Total-Jerk@reddit
Someone's going to be first. It's only a matter of time.
ranbirkadalla@reddit
Have you heard of Edward Snowden?
Tactical_Moonstone@reddit
Considering the dude was last seen showing support for Hegseth's bid for Secretary of Defense, I think he's already compromised long ago.
ranbirkadalla@reddit
He fought the military industrial political alliance led by Obama and came away unscathed. The man's a hero. Any feeble attempt to undermine him is just pathetic
MAG7C@reddit
Your definition of unscathed is... a bit broad.
ranbirkadalla@reddit
The fact that he is safe and not being tortured in Gitmo is enough
Tactical_Moonstone@reddit
He was a hero for sure, but considering what he values had to compromise to stay alive in Russia of all places, I highly doubt he came away as unscathed as you said he was.
Otto_Von_Waffle@reddit
An important factor is that Ed Snowden isn't working for Russia, he probably is totally in opposition to Russia security services methods, be he is just living there, with his wife (and kids I think?) His fight was him against Obama security apparatus, not him against the FSB.
mephisto_uranus@reddit
Lmao yeah he let us all know what we all already knew. Thanks for your service. If you think Snowden did anything amazing, you're young or asleep.
BendicantMias@reddit
The Man. The Myth. The Legend.
Also #IStandWithAssange
BigFreakingZombie@reddit
TBH in this case I expect Musk to try to attack Trump and somehow fall out the window completely on his own. I mean we already know he has gotten physical with Trump's advisers in the White House at least once before so...
And BTW who do you think would win in a Trump vs Musk fight ?
GodofsomeWorld@reddit
I would pay good money to watch that. Please dm me if it ever turns into that. I will try and get the fastest flight down.
apistograma@reddit
Trump has been in WWE in the past, I think he's friends with McMahon.
billytheskidd@reddit
Vince “shits on women’s heads” mcmahon’s wife is currently the head of the department of education
BigFreakingZombie@reddit
Pretty sure it would be the most viewed fight in history. With spectators rooting for both guys to lose.
FRcomes@reddit
Putin
RandomGenName1234@reddit
Everyone else.
ctant1221@reddit
Me, personally.
Le_Blizz@reddit
Americans
sitophilicsquirrel@reddit
I hate that I even feel compelled to answer this... I hate my answer. I think Elon is one of the few people Trump could swat with his little bitchly hands.
megakaos888@reddit
Actually curious, in a hypothetical scenario where Trump did do a Putin on Musk, how would the opposition react? The general public not the politicians. Would we see "free Elon" protests in front of the white house?
Simon-Says69@reddit
This has already started.
Enemy of my enemy is my friend, n all that.
The hate for Trump is far greater than for Elon. Elon was the left's hero for many years. They only turned sour because of Musk's support of Trump.
Now with Elon fully, publicly attacking Trump, the left is warming up to him again. The DNC will be getting donations from Musk in a min here, and all the terrorist attacks on Tesla will be long forgotten.
Puffycatkibble@reddit
Considering how likeable he is, No.
Coulrophiliac444@reddit
If Trump dorsn't have someone keeping an eye on him to prevent a much worse case scenario than Snowden, then I think we can safely assume this is a two prong Russian Campaign.
BigFreakingZombie@reddit
Musk has almost certainly (either by accident or intentionally) leaked practically everything he could to the Russians already as part of DOGE's massive data theft operation. Doubt he has much more to give to Putin.
Coulrophiliac444@reddit
I dunno, maybe Putin has a Jabba Roleplaying Fetish and wants Musk to be his Leia. Either way, I'd sit on him so when its inevitably found out he sold Russia everything Trump can just try to speedrun a Treason Trial to 'look good'
RandomGenName1234@reddit
I'd be all far him getting trialed for treason, punishment for that can be a literal death sentence btw
Coulrophiliac444@reddit
He's too rich to execute.. they'll just seize his assets and supermax him.
RandomGenName1234@reddit
Treason is extremely serious, add onto that voter manipulation which he just straight up admits and he just might be executed.
Coulrophiliac444@reddit
Don't forget...Trump also acknowledged Elon had to play a big part on that end to win Pa because 'he understands voting mschines'. Also his several states 'voting lottety' that was basically scripted performance theatre.
RandomGenName1234@reddit
Yeah, not exactly hiding it are they...
Coulrophiliac444@reddit
Why bother? They have either money, blackmail, or hostages on the GOP Federal Officials, the Courts are skewed in their favor when necessary, and they can wtite Exevutive Bullshit and implement it quicker than the courts against them can Act. All they're missing is explicit control over all police and a pro Fascist aligned military and leadership and we will be locked in to this rollercoaster to hell for the duration
RandomGenName1234@reddit
I mean, dems are getting what they want so there's not even impeachment on the table lmao
In fact Musk is the loudest voice (aside from US citizens but who listens to you lot anyway, sure as shit not your politicians...) calling for it right now, it'd be funny if it wasn't so sad.
You're already locked in, that happened with Reagan.
Coulrophiliac444@reddit
Eh...there's a mathematically insignificant percentage we could turn this around.
Not quickly, but theres always a shot.
RandomGenName1234@reddit
Yeah you're gonna need a whole lot more than just 4 years of democrats that won't undo any of the damage done because their owners are happy with the current state of things.
You guys desperately need a revolution.
Coulrophiliac444@reddit
Been thinking that for a while now personally.
Honestly, would rather subvert it in a manner similar to the Fight Club movie. Destory corporations and the financial masters, the shadow puppets behind them thin and fall.
RandomGenName1234@reddit
So destroy capitalism then :p
BigFreakingZombie@reddit
Wow, thanks for that mental image dude.
But yeah it seems awfully stupid from Musk's POV, sure as hell Trump can find something to charge him with, and we shouldn't forget that when you control the narrative Musk stopping the Ukrainian attack on Crimea can go from ''stopping WW3 by heroically standing up to the Democrat warmongers'' to an ''act of treason that prolonged the suffering of Ukrainians and their American allies '' in one Tweet.
Coulrophiliac444@reddit
Oh, so you mean the narrative would actually brcome truthful for once? Broken clock, twice a day, yadda yadda.
Honestly, fuck both of them. Def deserve to be on the front line and witness that horror first hand but that'll never happen.
BigFreakingZombie@reddit
I mean this is definitely one of those conflicts where you want both sides to lose somehow.
Pretty-Little-Lyra@reddit
He has starlink integrated into the government. Him going to Russia is even worse for us than him staying here. I wouldn’t celebrate this
BigFreakingZombie@reddit
DOGE used unsecured,private servers to copy shittons of government data (including classified information) which was then handled by a team of literal teenagers (with no training or experience in handling secret information whatsoever) led by a ketamine addict with far right views... Safe to assume that every Russian (and probably Chinese and/or Iranian) important government official has a copy of that data to use as bedtime reading by this point.
Simon-Says69@reddit
Sorry, but this is just propaganda from the lying MSM. There's nothing in reality to support that claim.
RandomGenName1234@reddit
Surprised we don't have it here on Reddit
BigFreakingZombie@reddit
If previous events are anything to go by it will be either the Warthunder forums or some dumb Discord server that first receives them.
RandomGenName1234@reddit
Yeah, was gonna say haha
Ghede@reddit
It's not like he can pack the satellites in his pocket when he goes to Russia. The servers, the hardware, the knowledge needed to use the system?
He has none of that, and when he leaves, chances are it's staying here, unless the actual fuckin' engineers are stupid enough to follow him.
Pyrhan@reddit
On the contrary!
Him taking political asylum in Russia would provide legal justification to have him fully removed from anything ITAR related.
He would be forced to give up his CEO position and controling stake in SpaceX.
As a big fan of SpaceX, seeing what Musk has become and how damaging he has been to this company lately, I am grateful that he got it started, and I look forwards to seeing him gone.
apistograma@reddit
Preferrably tied to one of his rockets
squngy@reddit
Yea, people don't just get Epstined in the US!
BigFreakingZombie@reddit
Epstein's death hasn't been conclusively proven to be a murder. I don't think the US commits assassinations as often and as publicly as Russia.
Tasgall@reddit
Neither have any of the people who "accidentally" fell out of windows in Russia.
But we all know.
RandomGenName1234@reddit
Because Western propaganda told you so?
PreviousCurrentThing@reddit
Why does reddit always have to act like their ideological enemies are clownishly stupid or evil?
SorosBuxlaundromat@reddit
I'd be in full support of this
BigFreakingZombie@reddit
As would most of the world.
apistograma@reddit
Are you suggesting that all the Russian oligarchs have fallen from a windows non accidentally?
BigFreakingZombie@reddit
Oh God no. Of course they fell by accident. How silly of me to assume otherwise. /s
eagleal@reddit
He can't. Probably his entire assets are deemed as security assets by the US. Him going to an adversary state would mean he would lose control of his companies and assets.
Plus with CAATSA in place, it's faster than taking a press conference to actually sanction and freeze his US/EU assets.
Dude would go from Stars to Barn in a matter of days.
BigFreakingZombie@reddit
Doesn't mean he might not do it anyway (although I agree it's very unlikely) . He has been known to do stuff that harm his finances repeatedly out of a combo of sheer ego and immaturity.
saracenraider@reddit
There’s zero chance he’d go. He cares about his own wealth more than anything else on the planet and most of that wealth is locked up in illiquid assets that would be impossible to access in Russia
BigFreakingZombie@reddit
Him buddying up with MAGA (and especially the later Nazi salute related shenanigans) cost him around 100 billion (aka just below one quarter of his wealth) . He didn't seem affect. The feud with Trump (which we for all we know is just getting started) has already taken another 33 out of his pocket. He either doesn't care that much about money or he is genuinely that stupid and immature that he runs his mouth without thinking of the effect it will have on his wallet.
Mundane_Emu8921@reddit
It wouldn’t be that different really. America and Russia are both run by oligarchs.
Only difference is that they recognize it in Russia.
AVeryBadMon@reddit
The entire writing staff at the onion with their multi million dollar budget couldn't come up with a headline this ridiculous. We truly are living in an alternate timeline that's beyond parody.
Freud-Network@reddit
Russia is always going to troll your country when it airs its dirty laundry so publicly.
Boner-Salad728@reddit
Welcome to world of wonders. We have our Onion knockoff named Panorama which predicted half the bullshit that actually happened. They were very surprised themselves.
Speadraser@reddit
From the bosom of one dictator to another. Clearly Elon is a choice kid and daddy Putin doesn’t hesitate to protect him. No other national leader has offered asylum. Occam’s razor
baeb66@reddit
In thick Russian accent - "Just transfer funds into Moscow bank account. Is good. We make you even richer. Russia is good place do business. Would you like a CoolCola or Uncle Vanya burger?"
xraygun2014@reddit
We got the beets!
Luck88@reddit
If Musk is stupid enough to go to Russia, all his assets in StarLink and SpaceX must be seized immediately because those companies under Russian control are a massive threat to the US and honestly the World as a whole.
mfb-@reddit
He has no interest in going. This is just Russia trolling.
pythonic_dude@reddit
I hate to give it to them, but this is indeed trolling, and good one at that.
kwonza@reddit
Western people seem to have a real hard time getting Russian dead-pan humour.
Many jokes Russian politicians make get reposted on Reddit as actual news.
FRcomes@reddit
>Western people seem to have a real hard time getting Russian dead-pan humour.
Its not that hard actually, they just dont want it
LawsonTse@reddit
Worst come to worsehe would be defecting to China not Russia.
Other than not being a frozen wasteland, China can actually afford to fund his new space venture
RandomGenName1234@reddit
Russia are less aggressive than the US so I don't see how that would change anything for the vast majority of countries on the planet.
Surfer_Rick@reddit
Those are getting seized.
The two completely legal and frankly legitimate things trump can do is deported him for past VISA fraud and nationalize spacex for national security.
giant_shitting_ass@reddit
Russia loves to pull this shit to stir up discontent and division in the US, and by god we fall for this bait every single time and get even more mad and partisan for no good reason.
BabylonianWeeb@reddit (OP)
Bashar Al-Assad wouldn't be lonely anymore, he got a new friend.
beraksekebon12@reddit
Edward Snowden, Bashar Al-Assad, now Elon Musk?
Daaamn Russia is collecting the SR cards lmao
(I think I still need to put a few more words if I'm not wrong. This should be enough I guess.)
Milosz0pl@reddit
You forgot about beloved fatty actor kung fu master guitarist secret CIA agent who definitely absolutely disarmed a nuclear bomb - Steven Seagull
Those are all things that he said about himself
LEFT4Sp00ning@reddit
What do you mean "fatty"? You may not like this, liberals, but that's what peak human performance looks like 😤
kwonza@reddit
While the Kung-Fu master is fat AF I find it funny how liberals decry body shaming as long as it’s not somebody they don’t like. Funny how that works.
LEFT4Sp00ning@reddit
Don't you ever call me a liberal ever again, that's for more insulting to me than calling Segal fat (although I do agree with your point about conditional allyship)
kwonza@reddit
I wasn’t calling you a liberal, I was referring to the general practice on Reddit.
LEFT4Sp00ning@reddit
Yeah, I'm just memeing, don't take me too seriously haha. I agree with you, it's far too common to see "gay" and shit like that to be used as an insult against prominent unliked people like Trump (just fyi for anyone else, I do not like Trump in the slightest, he was just the first example that came to mind with all the "haha him and putin are gaaaaay for each other" jokes)
Milosz0pl@reddit
True! Otherwise he wouldnt be able to do all those fight scenes oh wait thats a double
Welp. At least he can aim with guns! no he can't
Uh. No stairs can stop him? thats a double too
Double damn it!
qjxj@reddit
If they keep it up, they'll have all the cards.
Gackey@reddit
Feels wrong to have Snowden on that list; he didn't flee to Russia like the others, so much as he was purposely stranded there by the US in an attempt to discredit him.
therapistofcats@reddit
What are SR cards?
Milosz0pl@reddit
Super Rare - joke about gacha/collection mechanics from games
therapistofcats@reddit
Heh, alrighty, thanks.
LEFT4Sp00ning@reddit
Btw, that 150 character thing is only if you're not replying and you're just posting a comment on the thread. You can use as many as you like in replies
Boner-Salad728@reddit
We already have Yanukovich and Medvedchuk just in the very same Rostov with Assad. Putin’s “political curiosities” collection, Musk will fit just right.
Dizzy_Response1485@reddit
Assad isn't lonely, he has Yanukovich and Seagal to keep him company at the cockroach hotel.
RevengeWalrus@reddit
Why would he do that instead of going to South Africa, a place he has actual citizenship? Or just buying citizenship in one of the many, many countries where he wouldn't be immediately shot in the head?
reddit4ne@reddit
Why is Russia so much more advanced at trolling the U.S.than the U.S. is as at trolling Russia.
Btw, Elon Musk in Russia would be a huge intelligence boon for them. Yet another loss for the CIA/US "intelligence." Man JFK was right, we need.to just dissolve that agency and start over, its completely useless in protecting America, and only does hard and spreads mischeif.
Czart@reddit
Because russia doesn't conduct politics as a serious entity. It's a mafia in a trench coat, so they don't give a shit, which lets them do that.
Also
Hmmm
DiscountShoeOutlet@reddit
Yeah, because Trump administration is a totally serious entity
Czart@reddit
Them being bunch of idiots and clowns has no bearing on it. They still try to pretend that they're a serious representatives of their country. Russians don't.
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RogueAOV@reddit
'The origin of the dispute is the impact Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill has on U.S. public debt.'
You sure about that?, Journalists could you stop just accepting shit on face value and actually do some journalism. Has Musk ever cared, or suggested he cared about 'the public' debt or otherwise, seems to me the EV tax credit going away is his objection because that is going to cost him money. If Musk actually cared about the public debt then surely the doge bullshit would have actually looked at reducing government waste instead of simply targeting things which annoyed Musk like government agencies who were investigating him.
Musk got what he wanted, destroyed anything which was going to impact himself negatively, and now he is pissed that as Tesla sales crash because he has trashed the brand the EV tax credit going way is going to hurt those sales even more.
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