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A Kremlin envoy has suggested a 70-mile tunnel would be built under the Bering Strait and link the US and Russia.
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE MIRROR
The proposal suggests using The Boring Company, a US tunnel construction company owned by Elon Musk, to build this bridge.
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Having read that article, I am not sure whether this is real or a a “let’s see how gullible the populace is” spoof by Trump or by the Mirror. REALLY?!?!?!
Yes, there is so much disinformation out there, and so many whacky news sites to choose from– what does one believe nowadays?
FWIW– that being said, a quick online search reveals that Elon does indeed own a company called “Boring,” and there has also been similar stories in CNBC and the New York Post recently–
The Boring Company (Wikipedia)– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boring_Company
The New York Post (Taylor Herzlich) 10/17/25– Wild proposal for Alaska-Russia tunnel catches Trump’s eye — but leaves Zelensky seething
https://nypost.com/2025/10/17/business/undersea-alaska-russia-tunnel-pitched-by-elon-musks-boring-company-catches-trumps-eye/
CNBC (Lora Kolodny) 10/17/25– Trump says he’ll think about Kremlin’s Russia-Alaska tunnel pitch
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/musk-trump-putin-tunnel-russia-alaska.html