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Top Trump officials’ finger pointing just blew up in their faces
What happened
AlterNet reports that the Trump administration blamed SpaceX for restrictions affecting Ukraine’s Starshield service, but Vice President JD Vance’s own explanation pointed back to the US government. Vance told Fox News that Elon Musk would need Washington to direct his company’s conduct in the war.
Reuters correspondent Erin Banco similarly said the Defense Department holds the Starshield contract and that SpaceX cannot act without a US government decision. The reporting does not identify the precise directive, official, or technical mechanism behind the reported degradation, so…
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