Moscow proposes Elon Musk-built 70-mile 'Putin-Trump' rail tunnel linking Russia and America under the Bering strait to 'symbolise unity'

UK Daily Mail ^ | 10/17/2025 | ADAM POGRUND

[DFG]

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Yes, trade and tourism is SO big between those two bustling end-points that a project like this is sorely needed.

[Buttons12]

Too easy to destroy. And the more valuable, the more a target. Wait another 5 years and let climate change rebuild the icy land bridge.

[struggle]

I would worry about earthquakes

[nickcarraway]

Why would Russians need to get to Alaska, or alaskans need to get to that part of Russia? These are two very low population areas. I’m imagining this would be very expensive so I guess it’s just kind of project to make a few companies a lot of money. I can’t imagine it would have anywhere near close to a return on the investment.

[Buttons12]

Chukotka...I had one of those at the Slavic Festival last May. Looked like fried cat, but wasn’t bad.

[marktwain]

Yes, trade and tourism is SO big between those two bustling end-points that a project like this is sorely needed.

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Exactly what I was thinking. The cost of such a project, for minuscule benefit, is staggering.

[ssapro]

Pass. What else ya got?

[Fresh Wind]

...said Moscow and 'international partners', including Musk, could build the rail and cargo link in under eight years.

Yeah, right.

[TexasGator]

“Wait another 5 years and let climate change rebuild the icy land bridge.”

You left off a few zeros ...

[catnipman]

and then there’s the fact that no highway exists for at least a thousand miles from the Alaska terminus ...

[Fireone]

There’s mountains of gold in Alaska. Don’t kid yourself, the Russians know it too.
He who controls the gold, controls the world.

[volare737]

Yep, kind of like that California boondoggle.

[Skwor]

If Russia wants to pay for it fine, otherwise NOPE.

[NorthMountain]

Looks like an invasion or infiltration route ...

[ansel12]

A tunnel to nowhere.

[Clutch Martin]

That’s insane and not in our national interests

[gloryblaze]

... Dmitriev, who is behind a Russian charm offensive ...

Lol.

[Fireone]

Not a big factor, we’re famous for building trains that go nowhere, and bridges over nothing.

[Gene Eric]

how else will the tanks traverse the divide?