Meanwhile, Europe is pursuing replacements for Ukraine. Obviously none as good as Starlink and there'll be a rough time in the switchover, but Musk is not the only source for this kind of service.

And in the meantime, by merely making this statement Musk has doomed Starlink to never be seriously considered again as a provider for critical services like this elsewhere in the world.

Downvoted because we don't have to hear all the idiotic thoughts of this moron but:

I literally challenged Putin to one on one physical combat

Putin is a crazy fucker from the KGB. Strength in a fight is not about age, going to the gym, or all the things Elon believes. I have personally known skinny old guys walking with a cane who could kick his ass in a few seconds.

Ukraine will inevitably lose

Putin propaganda, I am not surprised. The rest of the text is the same shit.

That fact that he made that comment would cause every other country to second guess themselves using this service. Starlink is now going to be a US service for the most part. My opinion anyway....who knows these days.

@MicroWave Elon Musk truly is a James Bond villain, right down to bragging about his evil master plan to take over the world.

Musk's bodyguards have the opportunity to be heroes of the world right now. They would go down in history as great men.

It is almost like this Nazi is working against the interest of democracy and supporting the interest of a piece of shit like Putin.

That's why you don't trust these cunts. They're fucking evil. Also, PACE motherfucker.

Elon will collapse on his knees if US subsidy on his businesses is switched off.

Time to get Ukraine a different method of communication right the fuck away. This is a threat, not a boast.

Broadcasting his intention like this really puts a target on his back. He should be more careful… or not, I’ve stocked up on popcorn.

And the tone he took with Sikorski when the latter reminded him that Poland is paying for a lot of Starlinks in Ukraine once more show their attitude to their (former) allies and why we need to cut those people loose and develop - or mass-deploy - self-reliant technologies like Eutelsat as quickly as we can. (I don't have the exact wording on hand but it was something akin to "Silence, little man...")

Sounds like Ukraine would be within their right to do whatever it takes to prevent such an action regardless of how many toddlers are being used as a human shield.

We'll need to surround every Tesla store with cops. It will be like crossing a picket line to buy one, and should be protested as such.

Interesting. So it won't happen unless musk specifically does it. So if musk is not around then it could not happen. Very good to know.

Eutelsat, now is the time for haste. Let's replace that asshole.

Corporations wielding power over nations. This is exactly what was bound to happen with Starlink sooner or later, although it's much earlier than anticipated.

If he really believed that, it would already be off.

Ukraine will help you switch it off with fireworks.

Since when is he an American billionaire?

Remind me: why do we allow the worst of humanity to get into positions of power?

It would be a shame if the government relieved him of his ownership/control after discovering the company useful for national defense. It won't be Trump but I hope that's the result of the next election.

In the meantime, it looks like his businesses are circling the drain.

And THAT is exactly the fucking problem Muskrat

We should package Elon up and ship him to the Ukrainian front lines to fight the good fight