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The Kremlin Wants Elon Musk to Build a Tunnel From Russia to the U.S. (gizmodo.com)

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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 54 points 4 days ago (4 children)

All this does, is convince me that Putin is a moron, too.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Build a tunnel under an ocean in a seismically very active area. So much genius, so much 4D chess.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 4 days ago

Nah, these are loyalty tests by dictators, to prove that they will follow them no matter how crazy the idea is.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

unless he's doing it to make the US spend money on nonsense.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

He just blew $180M on a ball room.

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

He's not. Trump is old and is feeling the call of the darkness at this point (I'm sure Putin can relate). Trump is looking for legacy. Getting him on board with bullshit like this is designed to nudge him towards being more on Russia's side, namely when it comes to sanctions and aid for Ukraine.