r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • Mar 06 '25

Soft Paywall Elon Musk Suddenly Doesn’t Want Credit for Disastrous DOGE Cuts - Musk is warning Republicans to stop blaming DOGE for the cuts.

https://newrepublic.com/post/192415/elon-musk-warns-republicans-doge-job-cuts
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u/Kodachrome30 Mar 06 '25

F yes.... Countries are bailing on Star Link.... woo hoo

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u/drcforbin Louisiana Mar 07 '25

I loved seeing that within minutes of musk tweeting something connecting Carlos Slim to organized crime, Slim cancelled $7B worth of starlink contracts, and later announced a plan to invest $22B in European and Chinese competitors

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u/Boilermakingdude 29d ago

Ontario Canada also cancelled a (yes I know very minimal sum in comparison) 100m deal for starlink as well.

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u/drcforbin Louisiana 29d ago

Every bit counts!

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u/Kodachrome30 Mar 07 '25

The prize is the $42B Federal program. I guess they're just figuring out how Trump and the other politicians are going to personally benefit from the contract.

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u/anonkitty2 28d ago

Unfortunately, the American government isn't bailing on Starlink.  That is helping outside observers realize how corrupt this administration is, for Musk is sparing anything that he knows is helpful to him.

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u/BoysenberryAncient54 Mar 06 '25

Well yeah, it's clearly a massive security risk.

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u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In Mar 06 '25

It may take some time for governments to put up their own versions but honestly it's better than being at the whims of a ketamine riddled psychopath.

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u/BoysenberryAncient54 Mar 06 '25

Yeah. I feel bad for people about to lose service but this threat needs to be cancelled out immediately.

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u/Current-Anybody9331 Mar 06 '25

This has been my favorite part of this hellscape

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u/weedbearsandpie Mar 07 '25

he's evidenced that Starlink will literally be used as a tool to bully other countries to comply, nowhere will be interested in using it governmentally in the future

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u/Objective_Star_191 Mar 07 '25

Well deserved 

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u/Cautious-Thought362 Mar 07 '25

Another of his rockets just blew up, too.

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u/No-Ad8720 27d ago

Canada is happy to have done so. Cheers.