Building a tunnel across the Bering Strait, from Russia to Alaska, is an idea that’s been around since at least the 1950s. And the Kremlin apparently thinks it’s good enough to revive, if the CEO of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund is to be believed.

Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, tweeted the idea on Thursday, complete with a map of where the tunnel might be built. And he thinks that billionaire oligarch Elon Musk would be the man to do it.

“@elonmusk, imagine connecting the US and Russia, the Americas and the Afro-Eurasia with the Putin-Trump Tunnel – a 70-mile link symbolizing unity. Traditional costs are $65B+, but @boringcompany’s tech could reduce it to <$8B. Let’s build a future together!” Dmitriev tweeted .

President Donald Trump was asked about t

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