Donald Trump and Elon Musk feud sparks Kremlin jibes, asylum offers
As US President Donald Trump and the world's richest man blew up the internet by detonating their friendship, a key Kremlin point man on White House contacts used a phrase from the LA riots, a divisive moment in American history, to get in a dig.
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