Exclusive: A series of internal government messages obtained by The Post reveal how U.S. embassies and the State Department have pushed nations to clear hurdles for U.S. satellite companies, often mentioning Starlink by name.
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In case anyone was wondering why Elon MusH gave Dementia Don $250 million dollars and untold in-kind help from X to become president. Runaway corruption.
Good thing other billionaires besides Musk would never try to unethically sway people and politicians for profit even against the public good and common decency, right, Mr. Bezos?
Thank you, though, to the reporters and other staff in the WaPo trenches who worked on this piece to get the info out.
This is 100% Trump Corruption. Extortion of countries on behalf of a private company is illegal. Trump doesn't care. Musk owns Trump and America. @sanders.senate.gov @democracynow.org
Corruption all around,let the billion make more money Wait didn't Elon say I will shut down my Star link to Ukraine? Who can trust musk not to turn off satilits if he isn't happy
Bezos and Musk have a competition to see who can control the most countries communications. Musk is winning. Their plans are to dominate earth communications. Remember when Musk switched off Ukraine?
Drumph has always seen the office as additional $$ making opportunities. I’m sure his portfolio includes a nice chunk of Starlink stock. What a shameless grifter.
The fact that the trump administration wants to play this as an “American Company” is laughable. This is the rich helping the rich. This is to gain more power. These small countries are left with no choice and soon will be governed by trump. This is political manipulation! Unethical in every way!
The average brainwashed MAGA drone won’t care. Starlink may not even be a profitable company, they lose money on every ground terminal they ship, and launch cost are often excluded from the data they share with the public.
But here we are, with the grifters grifting and idiots cheering.
They’re like locusts. In just over 100 days, sucking up every chance to enrich themselves with the power and influence of a country it took 248 years to build.
“President Trump will not tolerate any conflicts of interest, and every administration official is following ethical guidelines set by their respective agencies.” My ass.
Please read the aetickecabout this in The Atlantic. Very concerning about fascism becoming entrenched globally.https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/05/starlink-elon-musk-space-internet/682705/
Always think the worst with this regime. They shut starlink off while Ukraine was using it to defend themselves against Russia, effectively blinding Ukraine and opening them to more severe attacks. A system like that can not only create havoc against existing systems but also against all systems.
I know. I automatically assume they're guilty. One of the things that infuriates me is that we STILL don't know how bad the first term was. And we'll be making disgusting findings for decades while we try to rebuild a decent society.
‘Exclusive’? Give me a break.
It’s been in plain sight to anyone who’s been paying attention, and ultimately wouldn’t have been possible at all if WP took its slogan seriously anymore, because of billionaires like Bezos and Musk.
‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’ indeed.
Open air bribery. This eventually becomes the norm and part of every individual's daily life. Bribe any clerk you have to deal with, bribe your doctor and, especially, bribe anyone acting on behalf of government at any level. You see this even in former Soviet colonies. It's very sticky/persistent.
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oh America, how low you have fallen
Because it’s bad
Thank you, though, to the reporters and other staff in the WaPo trenches who worked on this piece to get the info out.
?: Um, OK, how do we do that?
!: By turning ourselves into an autocracy, of course!
trump demands bribes to Musk in order to spare nations from tariffs.
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/
Musk's agenda has fully corrupted the Federal Government at this point.
But here we are, with the grifters grifting and idiots cheering.
It’s been in plain sight to anyone who’s been paying attention, and ultimately wouldn’t have been possible at all if WP took its slogan seriously anymore, because of billionaires like Bezos and Musk.
‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’ indeed.
Here is my shocked face.