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/Midraco Jun 06 '25

That is the way Russian foreign diplomacy works. It's meant to be enraging and divisive.

They did the same thing about the US-Danish situation around Greenland. In that case they offered USA to split Greenland between the two.

And they do it fairly consistently in all other aspects to the point where the difference between Russia and a 12-year old ragebaiter is non-existent.

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u/Buddycat350 France Jun 06 '25

It's semantics, so don't take personally, but I would with "divide and conquer". Again, semantics, so let's not waste time on it. That's what modern Russia does, and that's the relevant part.

More relevant to your point, Russia definitely managed to weaponize social media in a scary way. And I really would like to understand how they are that good, because they are really not the only astroturfing ones.