6-6-2025
Russia said it is ready to give political asylum to billionaire Elon Musk following his high-profile feud with US President Donald Trump.
Dmitry Novikov, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, told the state news outlet TASS: “I think that Musk has a completely different game, [so] he will not need any political asylum, although if he did, Russia, of course, could provide it.”
Trump and his ally Musk seem to have gone their seperate ways after a heated exchanges on social media.
Musk has back calls for impeachment of Mr. Trump, while the US President threatened to cancel all government contracts awarded to the Tesla executive.
Russia previously made headlines for granting political asylum to US whistleblower Edward Snowden and pro-Kremlin British blogger Graham Phillips.
Speaking on the feud which has suprised many political observers home and abroad Trump told ABC News he was not interested in talking to Musk soon.
“You mean the man who has lost his mind?” President Trump asked, adding that he was “not particularly” interested in talking to him. He went on to claim that Elon Musk wanted to talk to him, but he is not ready to talk to Musk, indicating a snub to his former adviser and friend.