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Elon Musk ordered a “slowdown” to Starlink in Ukraine that set off a “panic” in the country and “confusion inside” the Trump administration.

The Wall Street Journal dropped a report on Tuesday diving into a disruption in Ukraine’s Starlink-internet service as they continue fighting a war with Russia.

According to U.S. officials and three people familiar with the situation, “Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine, a decision that sparked panic in Kyiv and confusion inside the Trump administration.”

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[-] bedwyr@piefed.ca 33 points 4 days ago

The administration made the call. Jesus christ, how fucking stupid are we that we believe the administration lies put out that they didn't do this.

First of all, they control starshield, the military version. Second, if musk ordered it, he was told to by the administration, that just made a deal with russia. I shouldn't have to explain that.

Even the left are fucking sheep apparently.

[-] Kushan@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago

Musk denied it was him, Trump is trying to shift the blame away from himself. Let them throw each other under the bus.

[-] antianarchist@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

Cancelled Netflix. This is about to get real entertaining.

[-] DillDough@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 days ago

Musk and the second Trump admin are one in the same, as is the admin and the heritage foundation, as is the admin and Thiel, as is the admin and Putin, as is the admin and Netanyahu.

You're the sheep for differentiating between them all. Yes they all want to be above each other and all else but they still all have the same goals and are all working together against you, everyone and everything else. These people have openly stated that they would gladly destroy the planet as long as it's done by themselves for the greatest creation of capital and control that would ever exist.

[-] Exatron@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Can we compromise and put them both on a rocket out of the solar system?

[-] OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

Guillotines are more environmentally friendly.

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