Russia Mocks Trump-Musk Spat, Offers To Broker ‘Peace Talks' And Give Tesla A Home
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The feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk provoked chatter, mockery and amusement among the ruling class in Moscow, where one senior official joked about hosting peace talks.
The public fallout between US President Donald Trump and his one-time ally and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has provoked chatter, mockery and intrigue in Moscow where the senior officials and media persons are treating the feud as both comedy and opportunity.
Seniors leaders in Moscow are also joking about hosting peace talks between the two individuals and urging the tech giant in a tone mixing humour to bring his businesses to Russia.
'Elon, don't be upset! If you encounter insurmountable problems in the US, come to us. Here you will find reliable comrades and complete freedom of technical creativity," nationalist senator Dmitry Rogozin, who once ran Russia's space programme, posted on X.
Elon @elonmusk, don't be upset! You are respected in Russia. If you encounter insurmountable problems in the US, come to us and become one of us – a 'Bars-Sarmat" fighter. Here you will find reliable comrades and complete freedom of technical creativity.— ROGOZIN (@Rogozin) June 6, 2025
Former Russian President and senior security official Dmitry Medvedev took the trolling a step further, offering to mediate between the feuding duo. 'We are ready to facilitate the conclusion of a peace deal between D and E for a reasonable fee," he posted on X, before jokingly requesting Starlink shares as payment.
Reuters, the fallout has been widely ridiculed as an example of chaos in Washington.
Margarita Simonyan, one of Russia's most powerful state media executives, mocked it as an example of 'modern US political culture" — "Sort of like the English Industrial Revolution. Only in reverse."
Современная американская политическая культура войдет в историю как переломная, конечно.Вроде английской промышленной революции. Только наоборот.
Но наблюдать занятно.
— Margarita Simonyan (@M_Simonyan) June 5, 2025
Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund, who has in the past tried to interest Musk in cooperating with Russia on flights to Mars, asked on X, "Why can't we all just get along?" He then asked Grok, X's AI chatbot, how Musk and Trump could reconcile.
However, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, when asked about the clash, said it was an internal matter for the US, though he was confident that Trump would handle it.
'Presidents handle a huge number of different things at the same time, some more and some less important," Peskov said.
What Happened Between Trump And Musk?
The high-profile alliance between Trump and Musk has dramatically unraveled into a bitter public feud with the two exchanging sharp accusations. The fallout began when Trump publicly criticised Musk at a White House press briefing, backing legislation that could severely impact the electric vehicle industry- a direct hit on Tesla.
Musk, in response, fired back on his platform X, claiming that without his financial and strategic backing, Donald Trump would have lost the 2024 election. Calling the US President 'ungrateful", Elon Musk said, 'Without me, Trump would have lost. The Democrats would control the House."
Musk then dropped a bombshell claim that Trump's name appears in sealed files related to Jeffrey Epstein, suggesting that's why the documents remain hidden. He wrote, 'Time to drop the really big bomb: Donald Trump is in the Epstein files."
He then went on to endorse a post calling for Trump's impeachment and suggested that Vice President JD Vance replace him.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Musk's Epstein tweet 'is an unfortunate episode from Elon, who is unhappy with the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' because it does not include the policies he wanted."
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