From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: It's Not Grifting At All, When There Are OTHER Satellite
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 16:50:18 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-05-13 21:44, AlleyCat wrote:
>
> On Tue, 13 May 2025 09:39:10 -0700, Alan says...
>
>> On 2025-05-12 22:05, AlleyCat wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, 12 May 2025 19:14:30 -0700, Alan says...
>>>
>>>> 'A series of internal government messages obtained by The Post
>>>> reveal how U.S. embassies and the State Department have pushed
>>>> nations to clear hurdles for U.S. satellite companies
>>>
>>> "CompanIES"?
>>>
>>> If they're asking for "cleared hurdles" for MULTIPLE companies,
>>> what's the problem.
>>
>> Look where you snipped the quote!
>>
>> ", often mentioning Starlink by name."
>
> I can't believe how fucking stupid you are.
>
> Read it again.
Read this:
'In early February, Sharon Cromer, U.S. ambassador to Gambia, went to
visit one of the countryâs Cabinet ministers at his agencyâs
headquarters, above a partially abandoned strip mall off a dirt road. It
had been two weeks since President Donald Trump took office, and Cromer
had pressing business to discuss. She needed the minister to fall in
line to help Elon Musk.
Starlink, Muskâs satellite internet company, had spent months trying to
secure regulatory approval to sell internet access in the impoverished
West African country. As head of Gambiaâs communications ministry, Lamin
Jabbi oversees the governmentâs review of Starlinkâs license
application. Jabbi had been slow to sign off and the company had grown
impatient. Now the top U.S. government official in Gambia was in Jabbiâs
office to intervene.'
<https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-musk-starlink-state-department-gambia-africa-pressure>
'In recent months, senior State Department officials in both Washington
and Gambia have coordinated with Starlink executives to coax, lobby and
browbeat at least seven Gambian government ministers to help Musk,
records and interviews show. One of those Cabinet officials told
ProPublica his government is under âmaximum pressureâ to yield.'
'The saga in Gambia is the starkest known example of the Trump
administration wielding the U.S. governmentâs foreign policy apparatus
to advance the business interests of Musk, a top Trump adviser and the
worldâs richest man.
Since Trumpâs inauguration, the State Department has intervened on
behalf of Starlink in Gambia and at least four other developing nations,
previously unreported records and interviews show.
As the Trump administration has gutted foreign aid, U.S. diplomats have
pressed governments to fast-track licenses for Starlink and arranged
conversations between company employees and foreign leaders. In cables,
U.S. officials have said that for their foreign counterparts, helping
Starlink is a chance to prove their commitment to good relations with
the U.S.'