Donald Trump 'purring' on the other side of the world after Vladimir Putin's ego-rub over Elon Musk

Vladimir Putin has hailed SpaceX owner Elon Musk as a "rare" human being - and it was all for Donald Trump's pleasure, a body language expert has claimed.

The dictator lauded the US President's right-hand man for his genius, and even compared him with Russian legend Sergei Korolev. Korolev was the founding father of the Soviet Union's space programme, and was chief engineer in the 1950s and 1960s.

Putin said Musk was "charged" with ideas about space exploration, and similar people are rarely found on Earth. While some of Musk's ideas might seem eccentric, some of them might become reality in the future, he added.

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"There is a man in the US, Musk, who you might say is mad about Mars," Putin said. "Such people are not often born in the human population - they are charged with some new ideas.

"Even if it seems unbelievable today, such ideas are often realised after a while. Just as the ideas of Korolev, our pioneers [in space] were realised in their time.

"Some of their plans seemed unbelievable, but they were eventually realised."

Putin likely knows exactly what he's doing when he praises Musk, seeing as it'll likely link straight back to this US pal in the Oval Office, according to body language expert Judi James.

Trump would take Putin's praise as a direct compliment to himself, seeing as it was initially he who appointed the SpaceX and Tesla owner to his cabinet. The President would also likely be "purring" in the White House after hearing Putin's latest praise from Moscow, she said.

She told the : "Putin's message here seems to take the form of a small postcard of glasnost or an ego stroke to Trump. By praising his consiglieri Musk, which Trump will take as a compliment to himself for appointing Musk, and through the use of some inclusive hand gestures as he smilingly refers to the 'human population', he hints at a unity that is outside the current conflicts and wars.

"He shows himself to be a fan of future-thinkers like Musk and even compares him in the same breath to Korolev, which is the highest praise.

"You can almost hear this small but powerful verbal stroke making Trump 'purr' on the other side of the world."

Meanwhile, all is not well in paradise for Trump and Musk, it's been claimed. The two had a major falling out after the President tried to rein in the tech billionaire in his role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Trump even launched into an F-bomb rant to stop Musk from attending a highly classified government meeting on - amid mounting concerns over his business ties with Beijing, it's been reported.

After hearing about Musk's planned attendance, Trump reportedly told his staff: “What the f*** is Elon doing there? Make sure he doesn’t go."