— Hello. I’m your new doctor. I heard you were raped and beaten… That’s very bad. You should have prevented it.
— But…
— Doesn’t matter. Your previous doctor prescribed you medicine worth 500.
— It was 120…
— 350 or 400. A lot. So if you don’t give up 50% of your property right now, we’ll have to gouge out your eyes.
— Are you sure you’re a doctor?

https://www.reuters.com/business/us-could-cut-ukraines-access-starlink-internet-services-over-minerals-say-2025-02-22/

by ua_war_art

12 comments

  1. Gangster diplomacy. Trump is a bully at heart. Picks on someone in a weak and vulnerable position and extorts them. This is Mafia behaviour, this is Putin behaviour. Can anyone trust that this President will honour agreements or do they expect that he’ll extort them further down the line.

  3. And? who cares, ukraine can use jars of cucumbers instead of drones and air defense

  6. This Elon traitor should worry everyone. Using nazis lines and gestures should not get him very far in the world but since he is a billionaire everyone thinks it’s cool or something but it’s totally sick. X crazy

  7. Blackmail isn’t actually likely to surprise anyone at this point

  8. Why doesn’t Ukraine play 4D chess and ask for protectorate status from China instead?

  9. Lots of people warned about enabling Starlink over a competitor, although it was from fears of Musk being a Russian anal parasite instead of USA going full mobster. 

    Is it just me feeling like USA isn’t just being a bully, but betraying Europe with a nefarious intent? Like they’re setting us up for a war against Russia? What if Trump and USA wants to see the whole world weakened, divided, and broken? 

  10. Sounds about right. That’s how you deal with aggressive beggars.

  11. More on this subject from other reputable sources:

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    – wionews.com (C+): ['No minerals, no internet': US may cut Ukraine’s access to Musk's Starlink over rare earth deal](https://www.wionews.com/world/no-minerals-no-internet-us-may-cut-ukraines-access-to-elon-musks-starlink-over-rare-earth-deal-8745388)
    – Kyiv Independent (B): [US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters](https://kyivindependent.com/us-threatens-to-shut-off-starlink-if-ukraine-wont-sign-minerals-deal-sources-tell-reuters/)
    – Berliner Zeitung (B): [USA threatens Ukraine with Starlink block – | Dispute over mineral resources intensifies](https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gesellschaft/geopolitik/usa-drohen-ukraine-mit-starlink-sperre-streit-um-bodenschaetze-eskaliert-li.2301077)
    – RAPPLER (B): [US could cut Ukraine’s access to Starlink internet services over minerals](https://www.rappler.com/world/europe/united-states-cut-ukraine-starlink-internet-access-over-mineral-deal/)

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