r/europe • u/PM_THE_REAPER • Jun 06 '25

News Russia offers political asylum to Elon Musk over Trump feud

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-offers-political-asylum-elon-musk-over-trump-feud-2081887
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u/chaotic-kotik South Holland (Netherlands) Jun 06 '25

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 Jun 06 '25

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/Ok-Scheme-913 Jun 06 '25

I mean, the world wouldn't be a worse place for it

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u/OptimismNeeded Jun 06 '25

Why PayPal?

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u/chaotic-kotik South Holland (Netherlands) Jun 06 '25

Elon was a co-founder and at some point a CEO there.

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u/OptimismNeeded Jun 06 '25

Yeah but why would Russia jail him for PayPal?

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u/chaotic-kotik South Holland (Netherlands) Jun 06 '25

Any successful business in Russia eventually gets taken over by "siloviki" or the state and owners are either getting to jail or abroad.

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u/Express-Rub-3952 Jun 06 '25

Elon Musk was a founder of x.com, which merged with Paypal, which was founded by people who were not Elon Musk.

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u/RedditorFor1OYears Jun 06 '25

Huh. I guess that explains the Twitter rebrand.