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Elon Musk Sparks Outrage in Italy Over Potential $1.6 Billion Starlink Deal Amid Cozy Rapport With Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
Elon Musk is sparking outrage over a possible $1.6 billion Starlink deal in Italy after forging a cozy rapport with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Negotiations between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ‘s right-wing government and Elon Musk ‘s SpaceX over a Starlink deal reportedly worth $1.6 billion are sparking outrage in Italy ‘s parliament. Musk added fuel to the fire on Sunday by writing on his social media platform X that Ukraine’s “entire front line would collapse” if he turned off Starlink, which is being used extensively by the Ukrainian military. In January, Meloni cozied up to both the tech billionaire and Trump when she travelled to his Mar-a-Lago retreat after Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was arrested in Tehran on trumped-up charges of breaching Islamic law.
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