Ironic reactions in Russia to the conflict between Trump and Musk: “Elon, don't be upset!” / “If you are experiencing problems that are hard to overcome in the USA, come to us”
Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Photo credit: Brandon Bell / AP / Profimedia
The conflict generated on Thursday night between US President Donald Trump and businessman Elon Musk caused several ironic reactions from leaders in Moscow. An official joked about organizing peace negotiations, writes Reuters and Newsweek.
“Elon, don't be upset!”, Wrote on the social network X Senator and former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Rogozin.
“If you are experiencing problems that are difficult to overcome in the US, come to us. Here you will find trusted comrades and total freedom of technical creativity,” he added.
And Dmitri Novikov, the vice -president of the International Business Commission in State Duma, claimed the idea that Elon Musk came to Russia. “I think Musk plays a completely different game. He will not need any political asylum, although, if he had, Russia, of course, can offer it,” Novikov said.
Russian official Kirill Dmitriev, considered “Putin's new favorite,” asked X: “Why can't we simply understand each other?” Then he asked, ironically, the platform chatbot how Musk and Trump could reconcile.
“We can only be glad that they will not have time for us”
In addition to the irony made by Russian officials, others have seen in the conflict between Trump and Musk an advantage of Russia in the war with Ukraine.
“We can only be glad that they will not have time for us,” said Konstantin Malofeev, a nationalist oligarch, who said that it is now “the best time to counterat” against Ukraine.
The dispute between Trump and his former ally Elon Musk was also commented on by the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, who said that “this is an internal problem of the US. Presidents manage a huge number of things simultaneously, some more important, others less.”
The alliance between Donald Trump and Elon Musk suddenly broke on Thursday night, after the president publicly criticized Musk's position on the draft law on tax reductions, CNBC, BBC and NY Times transmit. The two began to attack directly, through several messages posted on social networks X and Social Truth.
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