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First A Nazi Salute, Then Depriving Ukraine Of Internet Access: Musk Must Be Removed From Control Of Starlink

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First A Nazi Salute, Then Depriving Ukraine Of Internet Access: Musk Must Be Removed From Control Of Starlink

Nobel Prize winning economist, Paul Krugman, wrote an important article this morning. In it, he decried Elon Musk and his decision to take down Ukraine’s access to Starlink, which allows the country to protect itself from Russian attacks through drone technology.

“Did Elon Musk decide by personal fiat to cut off Ukraine’s access to vital communications?” Krugman asks. “Although Musk claims that the decision was made by Trump, according to the Wall Street Journal, some US officials state that Musk did indeed take it upon himself to pull the plug on Ukraine.”

Krugman muses that US President Donald J. Trump told him to do it, “sotto voce, Mafia-style: ‘This Zelenskyy guy is a problem. Someone should do something about it.'” Moreover, Krugman reminds us, Trump has the ear of Musk and could demand that Musk restore Ukraine’s access.

“Decisions about which countries have full access to Starlink’s capacity are as much a matter of foreign policy and national security as decisions about which countries will be allowed to buy and operate US high-tech weapons,” Krugman continues. “Such decisions cannot, must not, be left up to private individuals. This would be true even if these individuals were patriots who supported democracy and American values. They definitely shouldn’t be left in the hands of this guy.”

If you have any doubt that Musk was looking over the shoulders of Starlink IT engineers when Ukraine’s access to Starlink vanished and their drones fell out of the sky, then perhaps a reminder of Musk’s heil hand gesture during a speech on US President Donald Trump’s inauguration day is in order.


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