Elon Musk Throws Trump Under the Bus For Ukraine Intel Disruption

Photo: President Trump presented SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk with the National Medal of Science on October 8, 2026, during the “Science: A New Golden Age” summit in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok). Attribution: “P20261008DT-0973” by The White House via Flickr. United States Government Work. Article by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling. The New Republic – October 14, 2026.

Elon Musk is wiping his hands of the Trump administration’s latest intel scandal. The SpaceX founder did not deny that his company’s satellite-supplied internet service was suspended in Ukraine earlier this week as Russian missiles barraged Kyiv. Instead, he blamed the lapse on the U.S. military and Donald Trump. In a statement on X, Musk wrote that “Starshield systems are owned and controlled” by Washington and that “any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS.” […]

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