"Over the last four years, USAID has spent $1 million in SpaceX’s Starlink ...

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2025-02-11 09:49:09

"Over the last four years, USAID has spent $1 million in SpaceX’s Starlink terminals, according to federal contract records obtained by Forbes. That money helped bring Starlink to Zimbabwe and South Africa, where Musk is from.

Musk also took sole credit for another USAID-Starlink partnership, which saw the company send about 5,000 Starlink terminals, “worth some $3 million” per Forbes, to aid Ukraine’s military in its war against Russia.

“A major factor for why Ukraine was NOT overrun by Russia is the Starlink support I provided, at great risk to SpaceX cyber & physical attack by Russian military forces,” Musk posted on X in November. “Starlink is the BACKBONE of Ukrainian military communications at the front lines, because everything else has been blown up or jammed by Russia.”

Earlier in 2024, USAID announced an “inspection” of Ukraine’s use of the terminals.

Meanwhile, Musk has made it a personal mission to dismantle USAID, which provides humanitarian assistance and funding for infrastructure and developmental tech in developing nations."

https://newrepublic.com/post/191299/donald-trump-elon-musk-usaid-money-starlink

#USA #USAID #Musk #DOGE #StarLink #Ukraine

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