Former Russian president and current deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev took to Twitter and Telegram Monday night to post his own predictions for 2023, in an unusual move from a former head of state, especially given a number of them are not just bizarre but most readers will receive them as incredibly unlikely - at least given the mere one year timeline.

Describing that "many practice futuristic hypotheses," he said he would add his insight into the mix while "competing in the proposal of the most unexpected and even absurd" predictions. "On New Year's Eve, everybody's into making predictions," he began of his top ten predictions thread for 2023 which includes a coming civil war in the United States, the disintegration of the dollar, the crash of the IMF and World Bank, and the total collapse of the European Union, following a major war among competing powers in Western Europe - including war between Germany and France.

Medvedev's thread caught the attention of Twitter and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, as among the predictions is that after a devastating internal US conflict, Musk would emerge as the new American president, to which Musk responded sarcastically "Epic thread!!"

...And to be expected, a number of MSM pundits who happen to have large followings took Musk's reaction literally, missing that it was clearly said in mockery.