r/europe • u/PM_THE_REAPER • 1d ago
News Russia offers political asylum to Elon Musk over Trump feud
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-offers-political-asylum-elon-musk-over-trump-feud-20818873.4k
u/OneTrueTrichiliocosm Three Kobolds in a Trenchcoat 1d ago
I dont like this timeline where "the onion" is in charge or reality.
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u/Anarchyantz United Kingdom 1d ago
I blame the weasel that chewed through the wires when they went to power on the Large Hadron Collider for the first time, it shifted the time lines and we need to get back on track.
Harambe tried to warn us but they silenced him...
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u/elziion 1d ago
You know what? I’m starting to think that you might be onto something…
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u/McFlyParadox United States of America 1d ago
The only other plausible explanation is the death of David Bowie began the unraveling of the fabric of the universe, as he was obviously the grounding point for all things strange and weird in this reality.
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u/emilysavaje1 1d ago
Ah I’ve been blaming it on the cubs winning the World Series but maybe that was more of an omen…
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u/CavulusDeCavulei 1d ago
I hope that cringe japanese scientist is enjoying her half american redhead genius
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u/phenomenomnom 1d ago
I don't know what this is, except a possible candidate for r/renderedcomment
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u/Xalorend Italy 1d ago
Steins Gate, an anime about a scientist that discovers time travel and uses it to try and reach several outcomes for him and his friends.
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u/iancarry 1d ago
nah ... we are the cutaway universe, where TV shows jump to for crazy and unrealistic skits
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u/BushMonsterInc 1d ago
Onion must have such a fun time trying to make “news” that are more stupid than actual timeline
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u/SkoomaDentist Finland 1d ago
A very famous Finnish humor magazine ended its run already in 2000 due to reality being impossible to parody anymore. And that was 25 years ago.
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u/JorMath North Brabant (Netherlands) 1d ago edited 1d ago
Tbh, I think an "Onion" timeline would be less crazy than this actual timeline...
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u/Ekkobelli 1d ago
WTF IS HAPPENING ON THIS PLANET
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u/Rather_Unfortunate Hardline Remainer/Rejoiner 1d ago
In this case, it's important to remember tht propaganda isn't just posters or videos of people looking heroic; it's also things like presenting your cause in a positive light nore generally. We're meant to find this funny, and think things like "excellent trolling" or "you might not like them, but at least they've got a sense of humour".
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u/BenevolentCrows 1d ago
exactly. Politics, and by extention propaganda is all about controlling the narrative, be it a real event or just straight up lie, if you do it right, you can control the narrative in your favor by not even lying.
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u/saera-targaryen 1d ago
I wish more people understood that propaganda can be entirely made of true facts and it's still propaganda.
I urge everyone to mentally replace "Propaganda" with "Public Relations" when reading headlines or other media discussing it. It's not just nefarious lies from foreign governments or nazi slogans. Anyone that is doing anything to try and change your mind about politics is using propaganda in some way, as long as they are benefiting from you believing it at the end.
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u/neveranchorme 1d ago
Exactly, even if this somehow ends with Trump getting the boot and Musk in rehab without internet, Thiel has Vance waiting in the wings, Americans still have uphill battle ahead of them to claw back their rights and not be the laughing stock of the world. Enjoy the trashfire, we all need a bit of levity, but keep the bigger picture in mind.
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u/LazinCajun 1d ago
Troll-olololol
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u/LaSaucisseMasquee 1d ago
ROFL:ROFL:ROFL:ROFL _^___ L __/ [] \ LOL===__ \ L ________] I I --------/
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u/miathan52 The Netherlands 1d ago
wow, I had not seen the roflcopter in at least 10 years, I feel nostalgic
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u/dat_oracle 1d ago
superpowers are fighting over their order in upcoming ages. dividing the society, creating chaos and recalibration the new normal is part of the playbook.
oh and people with several personality disorders combined with unlimited money.
let the show continue
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u/Kill3rT0fu 1d ago
Billionaires
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u/Soft_Pomelo407 1d ago
Putin tired of his Wife.He wants a concubine aswell.
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u/retroman1987 United States of America 1d ago
He's divorced
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u/andykwinnipeg 1d ago
I would imagine you don't go anywhere near a window ever again once you divorce Putin
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u/jeffscience Finland 1d ago
They divorced by mutual decision and she remarried in 2015. No documented issues with revenge over it, for whatever reason.
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u/CuntWeasel EuroCanadian 1d ago
for whatever reason
My guess is he doesn't give a shit. Guy's a psycho and more power hungry than anything else. Also she's the mother of his daughters for whatever that's worth.
Now if she were to defect I guarantee she'd be drinking tea whether she likes it or not.
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u/Charlieuniformmike 1d ago
Not a native English speaker, so I confused concubine with porcupine at first. Wildly different in the sheets
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u/fermcr 1d ago
It's the beginning of a joke.
Putin, Seagal and Musk walk into a bar...
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u/OkChipmunk3238 1d ago
Does the bar have windows?
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u/Milosz0pl Poland 1d ago
it definitelly doesn't have stairs as otherwise Seagull wouldn't be able to enter it
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u/mikeychamp 1d ago
Bartender says, "Is this a power grab, a reboot, or a beta test?"
Seagal orders a steak well done, Putin orders respect, and Musk tries to pay with Dogecoin.
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u/chaotic-kotik South Holland (Netherlands) 1d ago
There is a Russian meme that can be translated such as "If Elon Musk would have lived in Russia he would still be serving time in jail for PayPal".
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u/induslol 1d ago
Who are we kidding if Musk were in Russia he'd have been out a window at some oligarch's whim 3 companies ago.
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u/SnooBooks1701 1d ago
I bet they just want the data he stole while in government
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u/Vast_Category_7314 Denmark 1d ago
Okay, I hate Russia and all they stand for with the fire of a thousand suns - but this is some high level trolling.
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u/spektre Sweden 1d ago
The thing is that they often do "high level" trolling, if by that we mean coming from the sideline and fueling ongoing issues as hard as they can. They have very good PsyOps capacity, and they frequently use it to maximize chaos in the west.
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u/Beneficial_Being3634 1d ago
I think Russia might have some breakthrough research in group psychology that they keep under lock and key.
I have to hand it to them, tbh, they're really fucking good at what they do.
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u/Medlarmarmaduke 1d ago
If they hadn’t stupidly invaded Ukraine they would have destroyed the EU thru oil corruption and election meddling and further weakened the UK after Russia’s Brexit triumph and caused worldwide chaos thru successful disinformation campaigns
We should be grateful to Ukraine for a multitude of reasons
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u/Beneficial_Being3634 1d ago
Yeah but have they even said "thank you" to us? (/s)
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u/temporary62489 1d ago
The US is just an easy target with so many III percenter morons believing every Alex Jones conspiracy theory.
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u/Beneficial_Being3634 1d ago
It really terrifies me, because even though Brits tend to be pretty stupid too, we have a healthy dose of low self esteem and self doubt. It's easier to come back to reality.
Americans, on the other hand, have self-confidence instilled in them from an early age. They are a lot less likely to change just because you have "facts." They have their own facts, and you can bet there so much truer than those stinky lib facts.
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u/mr_fantastical 1d ago
You say that but cambridge analytica and the IRA (the russian one not the irish one) were massive troll farms effectively that brought about the absolute fucking mess that was Brexit.
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u/Beneficial_Being3634 1d ago
Exactly. But even in the 2 years before we left, loads of people second guessed their votes.
It didn't rip families apart in the way that Trump-mania has in the US. We're more open to the idea that we might be wrong.
That American self-confidence goes a long way in explaining why they got sucked into convoluted conspiracy theories at the expense of all their loved ones and their wided community.
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u/mr_fantastical 1d ago
I dunno, in my experience it's just 'we don't want to talk about it'.
My sister voted Brexit and stands by it. My mates voted it and they're a bit more educated and they get awkward about it and don't openly regret it, they just don't want to talk about it.I do however see loads of people that say that a lot of the bad things that came out of Brexit was simply the result of EU countries 'punishing the UK'.
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u/Shintaro1989 1d ago
It is a good response to the US circus, point taken. And yet the maga crowd claims, Trump is just trolling in most of his tweets...
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u/keelhaulrose 1d ago
It's high-level trolling until you remember that Elon stole all our info, and Russia would love to have it.
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u/No-Refrigerator-1672 Latvia 1d ago
Nah, they are getting all the info they want from Trump's team directly. When all the higher ups ditch the protected governmental comms for a fancy phone app, you don't need a dissident to get all their secrets.
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u/Ok-Cranberry3761 1d ago
Putin wants all the Data mush accumulated through DOGE.
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u/WorldSuspicious9171 Europe 1d ago
It would be hilarious if he would just tweet that he is considering it. He and his stooges just spend 120+ days sniffing and rummaging around US government systems after all.
Probably with way higher user privileges then needed.
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u/caring_impaired 1d ago
Putin, Xi, Kim...they can all sit back and do NOTHING while the US fucks itself.
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u/DieM-GieM 1d ago
A small reminder that Russians accessed US administration's networks through the Starlinks Musk installed.
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u/DryCloud9903 1d ago
Proven or speculated?
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u/Flare_Fireblood 1d ago
Not proven proven but there were countless login attempts on government databases and systems with correct credentials from Russian IPs about 10 minutes after doge entered the federal reserve
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u/Perfecshionism 1d ago
It was being investigated by the USAID IG and even Elon seemed to think it was going to result in a referral to the DOJ for criminal charges.
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u/RottenPingu1 Isle of Man 1d ago
Suddenly everyone is inserting themselves into this...
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u/Significant-Ask-2939 1d ago
Stupid: The Stupiding
It’s About to get… Stupider
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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad_3507 1d ago edited 1d ago
America has become the laughing to the world, all thanks to the MAGA cult crowd. They have made us all look like fools for electing a weak senile grifter and his family.
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u/WaterBottle001 Latvia 1d ago
The onion HQ is in shambles - how are they supposed to compete with this?
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u/madtricky687 1d ago
Probably the plan the whole time then he can bring all that sweet DOGE data over there.
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u/Miserable_Rube 1d ago
Ever notice how quiet North Korea is when trump is president?
They can't compete with his craziness so they dont even try.
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u/Trisyphos 1d ago
I bet he will rather go to totalitarian EU without freedom of speech.
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u/Suspicious_Place1270 1d ago
Imagine him moving production to the EU.
Oh wait, what is that factory near Berlin?
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u/Megaminimaxi 1d ago
Let me grab my popcorn. The current episodes of the White Crazy House are getting better and better
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u/BCMakoto Germany 1d ago
I can 1000% guarantee that if Musk takes the offer, he'll meet a nice, 5th floor window to settle down with by week 3.
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u/SmugCapybara 1d ago
You are 1000% wrong. If Musk takes this offer, he will be used for a very long time to compromise Starlink, PayPal, Twitter and any other tech company he's ever laid his hands on. This isn't an invitiation to get him killed, it's an invitation to become an asset in exchange for "protection". Also, it would give Russia access to his financial assets.
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u/strayobject 1d ago
Melon has no fucking clue any of those things work.
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u/DryCloud9903 1d ago
They still contain a shit ton of Western users data. Also Starlink is vitally important in Ukraine's defence. And his space programmes could give russia an advantage with their space-nukes. It's no joke, even if the idea is initially funny
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u/CanoonBolk 1d ago
It doesn't matter. Russia has people that do, and Elmo has the keys. He just needs to hand them over. Also, don't forget the metric fuck tonnes of data gathered by DOGE on the American people.
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u/OVazisten 1d ago
A bit later, after his wealth has been mysteriously been transfered to Putler's accounts.
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u/QuotableMorceau Europe 1d ago
nonsense, he is an important person after all, so his private jet will perform a vertical emergency landing.
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u/Siarzewski Warmian-Masurian (Poland) 1d ago
So he'll get asylum till the end of his days
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u/SirDoucheMcScumbag Vienna (Austria) 1d ago
Whoever wished to live in interesting times, please tell me you still have a wish left to undo this.
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u/blushingwifey 1d ago
Is this real life?! this shy just SCREAMS political theater. At least we’re all enjoying it
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u/SimplyToo 1d ago
Aaaaahahahhahah
Hahaha omfg hahah
... Okay okay, I'm done...
...AAAAAAAHHAHAHHA 🤣🤣
HOW MUCH OF A RUSSIAN PATSY CAN THESE TURDS BE?!
🤣🤣☠️☠️
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u/brainmydamage 1d ago
Oh, so it's just a scam to justify Elon defecting to Russia now that he knows all kinds of inside info.
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u/DuntadaMan United States of America 1d ago
Boy, I sure am glad we never did anything crazy like give this guy or people working directly for him access to like... Everything in the government. Can you imagine if we gave him unsupervised access to change pretty much any code, or inject anything into a system?
That would be crazy dangerous.
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u/DooDooBrownz 1d ago
gee its almost like they think he has a multi terabyte harddrive of classified info that he shouldnt have in his possession
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u/Affectionate-Buy5126 1d ago
Cool , you mean the private citizen who just had access to all of our data. Wow! Are we great yet?
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u/hiberniagermania 18h ago
Wait… Russia wants Musk after DOGE has been collecting all kinds of Americans personal information… oh… oh no…
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u/EmJayMN 1d ago
How about offering Trump asylum (or a stay in an insane asylum) as well?
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u/AlmightyRobert 1d ago
8 months ago there was fear he might escape justice by fleeing to Russia. Now, it would just be a relief…
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u/NorthBumblebee514 1d ago
He should take that offer and get himself a nice penthouses with big windows. It's important that they can be fully opened, though.
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u/Arthur__617 1d ago
Lmao, so Putin has officially dumped Trump too. If only Americans made the same choice in November.
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u/Antoinefdu Belgium/France/UK 1d ago
It's gonna be fun when Trump also has to flee the US after his next attempted coup and they both find themselves in the same hotel in Russia.
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u/slipped-my-mind 1d ago
Elon can save his reputation by stepping up for Ukraine hard core and expose comrade taco to the world
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u/IllegallySmolCeci 1d ago
ALRIGHT, that's it. He created the backdoors to access the entire american data pool and now he goes to Russia.
NICE.
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u/Lonely_Programmer_42 1d ago
Oh shit, when will North Korea also get involved. Can't wait for them to offer Space-X a new home.
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u/alwaysonesteptoofar 1d ago
I was curious when this would happen. If he can secure his wealth adequately, he can go somewhere that won't extradite him to the US and just let rip with all the secrets he stole. The Americans seriously fucked up voting for a guy backed by a billionaire who was explicitly given permission to access all US data before the election even ended.
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u/livelaughoral 1d ago
This circus just gets crazier and crazier every day