What to Do About Elon Musk?

[Passages]

How did U.S. space and military communications programs become so dependent on one weird Trump ally whose actions border on treason?

by Robert Kuttner
October 29, 2024

Just as Elon Musk has gone all in for Donald Trump, donating a total of $132 million, commandeering Trump’s ground game operation, posting even more over-the-top tweets than the campaign’s own messages, and hoping to take over several realms of policy, we learn courtesy of The Wall Street Journal that Musk has had several backchannel conversations with Vladimir Putin. This is the same Musk whose SpaceX company is used by NASA for the majority of its rocket launches, and whose Starlink system of low-orbit satellites is the basis for some military communications.

All of this has occurred at a time the U.S. has been redoubling its efforts to keep sensitive technologies with military uses out of the hands of China. But when it comes to the most sensitive space and communications satellite technologies, the fox is not only already in the chicken coop. The fox owns the chicken coop.

According to the Journal, in February Musk called on his echo chamber to lobby the Senate to vote down an aid package for Ukraine. “There is no way in hell that Putin is going to lose,” Musk said during a February audio event on X.

Early in the war, the U.S. thanked Musk for helping Ukraine by providing Starlink for Ukraine’s battlefield communications. But later, it was revealed that Musk had denied a request by Ukraine to enable Starlink in Crimea to allow an attack on Russian ships. In effect, Musk has his own foreign policy, and it increasingly tilted toward Russia

https://prospect.org/power/2024-10-29-elon-musk-spacex-putin-treason/

[NEOH]

1. Deport him!!

Deport his a$$!!

[Attilatheblond]

3. Haven't the Trumpers been pushing idea of de-naturalizing some citizens? Start with Elon & Rupert if we are going there.

[Jerry2144]

2. Launch another Tesla into space

But put a real dummy in it first

[in2herbs]

4. Why can't the govt. demand that Musk be legally distanced from his space program in order to

obtain further funding? Legally distancing would entail hiring a new CEO and Board, wholly independent of Musk.

[TommyT139]

5. We have the ability

Seize businesses and intellectual property that are crucial to national security by eminent domain, or whatever the analogous procedure is. Of course, any "back doors" he has installed, to turn off/on software like he did to interfere in Ukraine, would need to be rewritten.

Investigate him for the crimes he has committed -- environmental, workplace, contractually, internationally. Jail him as a national security threat and flight risk until and during trial. Hold for possible extradition to Ukraine.

Write laws to prevent businesses from pulling the kind of shit he has done with Tesla-only chargers, and promoting lies on social media.

[Bev54]

6. Deport him, he illegally gained citizenship and they know it. Buy out his space x and bring in

some Ukrainian engineers, they seem to be incredibly creative and brilliant in their engineering feats. Ban x in US and Canada will follow, just wipe his influence out completely.

[dalton99a]

7. Denaturalize and deport the lying illegal alien.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. Musk should be denaturalized

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

9. +1