Too Much Power

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Elon Musk ordered that Starlink service to the Ukrainian be slowed.

The fact that one person has the unilateral power to do this is almost as concerning as the fact that the specific person with this unilateral power a paranoid delusional white supremacist hypocrite.

What is interesting here is how quickly this story came out.

It seems to me that it is highly the WSJ reporters already had their hooks into the Musk organization when the Starlink issues arose.

There is a very real possibility that there is a Theranos style exposé in the works.

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, U.S. officials and people familiar with the matter said.

Both Musk and President Trump have expressed anger at Ukraine for attacking Russian diesel refineries in recent weeks, which the president blames for high energy prices. Last week, Musk capped the speeds at which Ukrainian hardware could stay connected to the satellite-based network, the people said, rendering some offensive drones and interceptor drones virtually useless.

Musk and Trump discussed the Starlink decision in a call soon after the slowdown became public, while the president was campaigning last week, two of the people said. One of the people also claimed Musk and Trump discussed the matter prior to the decision to throttle Starlink.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s public complaints—namely that Ukrainians could die if the unrestricted service wasn’t restored—led to widespread confusion about who ordered the slowdown, and to an informal investigation inside the White House.

During the uproar, SpaceX representatives called White House counterparts seeking a unified understanding and subsequent message that the company and Trump administration coordinated ahead of Musk’s directive, the people said.

The only question here seems to be whether it was Elon Musk or Donald Trump who is really behind this.

My money is on both.

I'm a bit of a tankie, but I hate Musk more. 

Here is hoping that the Apartheid Era Emerald Heir Pedo Guy™ burns for this.