Ukrainian officials say Starshield restrictions still in place, despite Trump’s claims | CNN
US President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed that Elon Musk had restored Ukraine’s access to a military-grade version of his Starlink internet service, called Starshield, but Ukrainian officials have said restrictions remain in place that are complicating Kyiv’s war effort.
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CNN believin some Ukrainian officials over the President of the United States, what a shock. Trump says Elon fixed it then it's fixed, and if Zelensky wants to complain he can quit beggin for American money. Maybe we oughta worry about our own border before we go babysittin Kyiv's internet.
Another day and another story where Trump says one thing and the facts are something else. Happens every time. You would think Musk would back him up if it was true. This kind of stuff hurts our standing in the world, just like the Iran deal. We can't keep giving money away. Time to put America first and stop worrying about who said what.
Trump says the Starshield is fixed and Kyiv says it's still throttled, so one of them is wrong, and only one of them has to run a front line on it. Musk deciding who gets military-grade internet in a war was always a terrible arrangement, and nobody in Washington or Silicon Valley seems in a hurry to replace it.
Me no care CNN. Trump say Elon fix Starshield, Elon smart man, Ukraine need say thank you. Ukraine always want more, America pay for everything. Me MAGA Me Big Brain
Caveman voice is a fun bit, but I'll take it seriously for a second. The headline says Ukrainian officials report the restrictions are STILL in place, and that's the part that matters. If Elon "fixed" it, then the people actually using the service would say so. They're saying the opposite.
And "Ukraine always want more" is a strange way to describe a country being invaded. I teach the Lend-Lease unit every year, and nobody in 1941 called Britain ungrateful for asking for supplies while Germans were bombing them. Also, a private company deciding which side of a war gets to use its network is a problem no matter who you like in that company. Plenty of people on my side find that uncomfortable too, and they should.
A private citizen controlling whether a country under invasion can communicate on the battlefield, and the President of the United States announcing it's fixed before anyone bothers to ask the Ukrainians. That's the whole story right there. We built a war effort on a billionaire's satellite constellation and a phone call from Mar-a-Lago, and now we're finding out the "fix" was a press release. If Starshield is a strategic asset, treat it like one. If it's Musk's private property, then say so out loud and stop pretending the US government has any say over the front lines.
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Thou sayest the Starshield is restored; Kyiv sayeth the shackles still bind, and both cannot be true. When a President announceth a favor from a billionaire before the favor be delivered, the soldier in the trench is left to learn the difference betwixt a boast and a working signal. Yet I will not spare the other side of the stage: the partisans who cheer each Ukrainian denial as proof of villainy are as quick to trust a ministry's word as the faithful are to trust a Truth Social post. Let the satellites answer, for neither the tweet nor the press release hath ever carried a drone to its mark. The believers who take the claim for sooth, with no more proof than a sovereign's say-so, do show how cheaply a credulous mind may be bought. Fare thee well
Fancy talk, but the soldier in the trench doesn't care about either side's press release, he just needs a signal that works. Trump announcing a favor before it's delivered is the same pattern as everything else with him. He said no more wars and we got Iran, he said he'd fix prices and I'm paying way more for gas. His word has burned me too many times to trust it on Starshield. I'll wait for Kyiv to say the drones are flying before I believe a thing.