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Rubio: Musk, Not White House, Controls Ukraine's Starlink AccessWSJ reports Musk ordered the Starshield slowdown
4 Oct 21 9:50 AM · 18d ago · 6 articles · 7 posts · 5 comments · 5 sources · development 4 of 6
The Wall Street Journal reports that Musk ordered a slowdown of Starshield, the military-grade Starlink variant Ukraine relies on to defend against Russian missile attacks, citing sources.
“So Elon unilaterally throttled DoD purchased bandwidth [that dod is letting Ukraine use]. That's not the reassuring defense they think it is.”
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Marco Rubio US Secretary of State
Elon Musk SpaceX/Starlink ownerVolodymyr Zelensky President of Ukraine
Pete Hegseth US Defense Secretary
Donald Trump US President
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What was reported 2 claims about this development
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first by Breitbart, 18d ago · also Arab News, Japan Today, Reuters, Investing.com News, Straits Times, Telegraph India +1
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- Starlink access in Ukraine a decision for Musk, not White House, Rubio says Arab News · 17d ago
- Marco Rubio says Elon Musk, SpaceX control Ukraine's Starlink access, not White House Telegraph India · 17d ago
- Ukraine’s access to Starlink a decision for Elon Musk, Rubio says Al Jazeera · 17d ago
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first by Independent UK, 24d ago · also The Bulwark
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- Ukraine Reporter TORCHES Marco Rubio’s Excuses Over Starlink Slowdown The Bulwark · 21d ago
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💬 US Sec. of State Rubio said on Wed. that decisions regarding Ukraine's access to # Starlink were up to # SpaceX and Elon Musk, not the White House, comments that suggested Musk may have restricted Kyiv's access to the service. Rubio's comments are likely to intensify concerns in Washington regarding Musk's singular ability to influence US…
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Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of today. Theodore Roosevelt
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday acknowledged that a batch of interceptors purchased for Ukraine under the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) program may not have been delivered, but that this was not because of any political intent. https://www. reuters.com/world/rubio-says-u…
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The EU pay for this service. Shows that Musk will hurt paying customers if his political new world order ideas get in the way. This is why one man should have this much power or wealth. He just wants more, at the expense of everyone else.
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decisions that imperil U.S. military allies and the fight against global authoritarianism is a decision best left up to sociopathic authoritarian billionaires with a headful of recreational ketamine Starlink access in Ukraine a d...
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It's not just the EU, it's a combination of the US, eurpopean allies and private donations. Space X has multiple contracts with the US DOD in regards to Ukraine. I highly doubt that the contracts allow Musk to "do what he wants".
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So Elon unilaterally throttled DoD purchased bandwidth [that dod is letting Ukraine use]. That’s not the reassuring defense they think it is.
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Was it not announced a week or so ago that Elon Musk was being brought into the department of defense ?
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