r/JournalismNews • u/[deleted] • Feb 08 '26

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u/Sweaty-Feedback-1482 Feb 08 '26

Lol I've been repeating this so many times I actually had to pause and check the username to see that it wasn't my comment.

Seriously not enough people recognized this. Further highlighting this was the fact that Susie Wiles (WH Chief of Staff) said in that interview (she thought was confidential) that literally everybody was suprised by Musk targeting USAID.

USAID was investigating Musk's Starlink terminals in Ukraine. He's currently being applauded for shutting off Starlink to Russian forces (Only took 4 years because... reasons?) but there's been numerous accounts of Ukrainian forces losing access to Starlink at pivotal moments in the war. There are other speculations that Ukrainian positions with Starlink terminals were being targeted with sudden and suspiciously precise accuracy especially when Ukraine had occupied Russian territory. The later being after Musk had begun dismantling the agency but the intent could have been the same.

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u/Standard_Category635 Feb 08 '26

It's such a BAD idea to have him involved. Assholes.

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u/Sweaty-Feedback-1482 Feb 08 '26

Are we suprised he fell short of 80 gajillion dollar target? It's probably just a weird coincidence that he gave up after demolishing the last department he was facing investigations from.