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I did not have "a big boy did it and ran away" on my list of possible excuses. This is a fantastic line because it is simultaneously very difficult to believe (Musk is famously a control freak regarding use of his software) and does nothing to soothe foreign clients worried about US control.

Trump and Musk conspired on this. They are full partners and are both guilty. They’ll play this finger pointing game for a while and the media will forget about it when the next outrage happens.

The “Starshield” program is managed by the pentagon. Perhaps it is platformed at the Russian Yandex data center. Wouldn’t be at all surprised if Trump gifted that to Putin too.

In other words, Musk & Trump Admin are still playing finger-pointing games w/ Ukrainian lives & global security. But, isn't that to be expected? When u allow a psycho own the satellite that everyone relies on & global security subject to the whims of a traitorous psycho president & head of military?

More concerning, but this is a logical endpoint of late stage capitalism. It's a very small step between picking up the phone and telling Trump what to do, and just cutting out the middleman. Complete capture of the levers of power by the billionaires

I think a serious Democratic POTUS would declare Musk's control of StarLink and SpaceX's launch capabilities, not to mention his general behavior, as a threat to national security. I would advocate for forcing him to divest those businesses from SpaceX at the threat of outright nationalization.

Musk already took it on himself to cut out Ukraine’s service when they were planning an attack on Crimea. He’s made himself the sole arbiter of who gets a tactical advantage in any battle.