The link proposal between the US and Russia reflects an "enduring vision", investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev has said.

Kirill Dmitriev first posted about the idea on Thursday, suggesting a “Putin-Trump” rail tunnel could connect the two countries under the Bering Strait, which separates Russia’s vast and sparsely populated Chukotka region from Alaska.

Asked about the idea during a press conference with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, Donald Trump called it “interesting”.

He also asked President Zelenskyy what he made of it, to which Mr Zelenskyy replied: “I’m not happy with this idea.”

This prompted laughter from the US side.

Overnight, Mr Dmitriev posted on X, saying: "We have started the feasibility study of the Russia-Alaska tunnel six months ago.

  • Darkard@lemmy.worldEnglish
    92·
    2 months ago

    There’s already a tunnel connecting Russia to the US. It’s Donald’s asshole.

  • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
    481·
    2 months ago

    From a Canadian point of view, seeing as there is no direct route to the lower 48 without going through Canadian sovereign land, this seems like nothing more than another way to force Canada into becoming the 51st state.

    Fuck Putin and Trump.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    2 months ago

    A long, suboceanic tunnel close to the Ring of Fire. I wonder what might go wrong with that.

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
      312·
      2 months ago

      it’s almost as if these assholes want to trigger every single apocalyptic prophecy just to see what happens.

      I once had some dirtbag teen press all the buttons in an elevator I was in before trying to dash out.

      I grabbed their bookbag and ripped it off them before they left. had all their shit in it too. laptop, wallet, metro pass.

      When I eventually reached the roof I walked over and chucked it over onto the roof of the building next-door and went about my day.

      I’d like to think that little shit never found it.

      my point is, I’m not above retribution and pettiness. I’ll get as dirty as I can to make sure whoever has wronged me gets exactly what they deserve.

  • yesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    This would be the most ambitious engineering feat in human history. A project to rival colonization of Mars in expense and danger. All to connect one wilderness to another. Brilliant.

  • ceenote@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Isn’t that territory permafrosted? That’d make a construction project of that scale a non-starter. Plus a whole bunch of other reasons it’d be dumb.

  • ZMoney@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Literally just drew a line in MS Paint. The kind of idea a 5 year old would come up with if someone asked them to come up with the dumbest idea they can think of.