'That Is A Real Threat': Elizabeth Warren Tears Into Elon Musk Over Starshield Shutoff Incident

You believe is responsible for the disruptions of what is the military version, the encrypted version of Starlink that Ukraine uses? Well, partly we'd like to know exactly who is responsible for what happened. If it is one man, Elon Musk, who is dictating our foreign policy, then he puts the United States at enormous risk. He's the one who decides whether or not Ukraine, out there fighting on the front lines to protect its democracy lives or dies? No, we should not have one man in that position. And if Donald Trump is the one who made this decision, then I will just say that's one more reason. We need a Democratic majority in the House and the Senate so that we can actually put some constraints on Donald Trump so that we can investigate and get to the bottom of this. Two more years of an unconstrained Donald Trump and two more years of an Elon Musk who does whatever he wants to do. It's going to be an America that's going to have a hard time surviving. Well, I mean, the Wall Street Journal is reporting tonight that it was they say Elon Musk who ordered Starlink, the Starling slowdown that blindsided Ukraine. They said some U.S. officials say Elon Musk acted unilaterally and that Trump did not specifically order any retribution against Ukraine. They also cited another person who says that he talked to senior administration officials, including the president, before imposing a new speed cap, which of course is what Ukraine says made it harder to evade Russian missiles. Do you think that there's any way that there could be restrictions to Starshield, which is this program, without the Pentagon knowing about it? This is the problem. Elon Musk wants to be able to run his outfit however he wants to run it. He wants billions of dollars in government contracts. And then Elon Musk wants to call all the shots. Now look, he wants to sell equipment to the United States. Then it's the United States government, through its elected officials, who make those decisions. But Elon Musk thinks that he's got a way to wire around that. He has already contributed a third of a billion dollars to these midterm elections, hoping that he can prop up just enough Republicans and Democrats that no one will challenge Elon Musk's ability to do whatever it is that Elon Musk wants to do. And I just got to say it again. That is a real threat to the security and safety of the United States of America.