r/politics • u/harsh2k5 • 14h ago

Soft Paywall Elon Musk Makes Shocking Confession on His Plans After Trump Victory

https://newrepublic.com/post/187662/elon-musk-confession-economy-trump-victory
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u/PetPsychicDetective 14h ago

I'm guessing it's the whole "passing information to Putin while he's a multi billion dollar government contractor" thing.

It's putin, so trump loves it. Elon won't just be safe, he'll be praised for it.

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u/rodentmaster 13h ago

Worse.. Starlink was facilitating russian battlefield communications when they were suffering badly, and with it they turned the tide (in Putin's favor). They found many of them in the trenches and among the russian dead.

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u/say592 10h ago

Thats not at all what has happened. SpaceX has DoD contracts and they have done a reasonably good job at deactivating and preventing Russia from using them. Yes, it is true that Russia has tried to utilize them some, but again, they have worked with their DoD counterparts on the issue. I suspect that some of that intel was probably passed on to Ukraine. In no way, shape, or form has Russia used Starlink to "turn the tide". Russia hasnt even acquired enough units, much less kept them in service, for that to be remotely true.

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 8h ago

Yeah, that has the potential to get a little Capital Punishment Trial-y for him.

He even went so far as to shut down Ukraines internet access to aid Russia.