Imagine that.
Since Elon has backed way off from his involvement in DOGE (disappointed that Congress sold-out and implemented nothing), and has suffered significant business losses due to partisan reprisals - boycotts, physical sabotage, and violence toward Tesla owners, he seems on an equal footing with anyone else seeking approval to grow his relatively-unique business.
Elon has open sourced much of their rocket research - to the benefit of competitors and even other nations. Billions of dollars and years saved for them. That's hardly the definition of 'cheap' - I don't see others sharing much.
Asking for spectrum that has previously sold for billions for $0 is absolutely cheap
Those are the optics I am talking about. If they were auctioned off and Elon was the high bidder over the rest, cool. If it goes any other way, then it looks bad.
Optics don't seem to be much of a concern for the current admin.
But it doesn't matter, whether it's free 747 or radio spectrum, who cares. Nothing could possibly be crooked, nothing. It's all good, until it isn't.
And 1,000 x more so in the prior regime.
I suppose we should return the Statue of Liberty gift as well? Boeing couldn't get the job done in time so the drowning-in-money Saudi's made a friendly gesture. How terrible. lol
Really? the Statue of Liberty arguement? geez...
Why do you believe that Elon 'asked' for anything, other than, perhaps, FCC approved access - with or without a fee?
Actually, it was Qatar. Yes, I'm sure they expect nothing in return for the $400 million plane they "gifted" to the president. They'll have to take plane apart piece by piece just to make sure it isn't littered with electronic snooping devices.
but the prior regime was voted out. Does this regime doing the same thing as the prior one justify it as being right?
Nope, but when some pretend that what's been mentioned can infer corruption - especially after the prior 4 years of in-your-face abuse of power and massive corruption - it sure smacks of hypocritical partisanship. (FYI: I've never been a Trump fan, so there's nothing to be gained by going there. I'm just a fan of the equal application of moral outrage.)
Sorry, trying to keep too many plates spinning here ... Raspberry Pi's & RustDesk misbehaving. And, no, Qatar knows better than to expect anything more than a visit to a Trump golf course and resort. (Especially since Democrats are on hyper-alert to attack at the slightest hint of an excuse.)
