"US Civil War In 2023, Elon Musk To Be President": Putin Aide's Prediction - NDTV

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, an arch loyalist of Vladimir Putin fixed a caller occupation this week, predicted warfare betwixt Germany and France adjacent twelvemonth and a civilian warfare successful the United States that would pb to Elon Musk becoming president.

Medvedev, lawman caput of Putin's advisory information council, served arsenic president during a four-year spell erstwhile Putin held the bureau of premier minister. He appears to person seen his luck emergence successful the Kremlin, which said connected Monday helium would present service arsenic Putin's lawman connected a assemblage overseeing the subject industry.

In his database of predictions for 2023, published connected his idiosyncratic Telegram and Twitter accounts, helium besides foresaw Britain rejoining the EU, which would successful crook collapse.

Musk, the Tesla brag who present owns Twitter, responded to the proposition helium would look arsenic U.S. president by tweeting backmost "Epic thread!!", though helium besides criticised immoderate of Medvedev's predictions. Medvedev has praised Musk successful the past for proposing Ukraine cede territory to Russia successful a bid deal.

Epic thread!!

Since Russia's Feb. 24 penetration of Ukraine, Medvedev has reinvented himself arsenic an arch-hawk, framing the struggle successful apocalyptic, spiritual presumption and referring to Ukrainians arsenic "cockroaches" successful connection Kyiv says is openly genocidal. Last week helium made a uncommon overseas sojourn to China, holding talks connected overseas argumentation with President Xi Jinping.

Political idiosyncratic Vladimir Pastukhov said Medvedev's recently outspoken nationalist persona appeared to person recovered favour with his boss.

"Medvedev's Telegram posts person recovered astatine slightest 1 reader, and so an admirer: Putin," Pastukhov, a governmental subject prof astatine London's University College London, wrote connected his ain Telegram.

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