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US threatens EU with devastating retaliation if Brussels curbs Starlink spectrum access
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pamparana lemmy.world pamparana@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-09-20
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I am so sick of US and their administration. EU needs to stop pretending they are allies and start treating them as an adversary.

Fuck Elon Musk too!

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Lydon_Feen lemmy.world Lydon_Feen@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-08
#2 · Quote Reply

Quote from the article:

"SpaceX has warned the plan could weaken connectivity in Ukraine, where Starlink supports civilian and military communications"

Go fuck yourself, NazElon.

GO. FUCK. YOURSELF.

You're not serious people. You're barely people as is.

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just_another_person lemmy.world just_another_person@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
#3 · Quote Reply

Threatening or allies again I see?

You pieces of dogshit.

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Stormy thelemmy.club Stormy@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2026-02-16
#4 · Quote Reply

Threatening or allies again I see? You pieces of dogshit.

Threats are normal to people like him

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givesomefucks lemmy.world givesomefucks@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
#5 · Quote Reply

He accepted that Europe has a legitimate interest in safeguarding sensitive government data, but argued that rules designed to weaken American competitors in order to lift domestic ones would not make European industry stronger.

So...

He doesn't support tarrifs?

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nkat2112 sh.itjust.works nkat2112@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-13
#6 · Quote Reply

It's scared.

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unitedwithme lemmy.today unitedwithme@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-04-09
#7 · Quote Reply

Trump acts like he's Napoleon.

  1. "Controls Elon" with communications via Starlink, hurting those who'd need communications most
  2. Controls information on one of the largest news platforms (FB) via Meta and Zuck
  3. Influences AI algorithms to only say nice things about himself and his presidency
  4. Fear mongers and tries to manipulate other countries into submission via threats of violence, tariffs, or other trade tactics to hurt them

When is someone or some dept going to step in to defend the country from threats, both "foreign and domestic"?

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Akh lemmy.world Akh@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-01-09
#8 · Quote Reply

Oh nooo… how did threatening Canada work out for the US??

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nastronot lemmy.zip nastronot@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-10-15
#9 · (edited) Quote Reply

I hate these fucking cretins. Fuck Elon and Trump and every dead-eyed, slobbering, scrap-gobbling sycophant that surrounds them.

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wopalopa lemmy.world wopalopa@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-17
#10 · Quote Reply

EU finally feel what the rest of the world feel for the last century

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Zaktor sopuli.xyz Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-08-22
#11 · Quote Reply

Oh nooo… how did threatening Canada work out for the US??

Canada stood up to the bullying and was willing to fight back. Are the Netherlands/EU willing to do the same?

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WhatAmLemmy lemmy.world WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-18
#12 · Quote Reply

Quote from the article: "SpaceX has warned the plan could weaken connectivity in Ukraine, where Starlink supports civilian and military communications" Go fuck yourself, NazElon. GO. FUCK. YOURSELF. You're not serious people. You're barely people as is.

If only history warned us that Nazis can't be trusted

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obvs lemmy.world obvs@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-17
#13 · Quote Reply

At what point does Europe realize that each demand they follow leads to an increasing number of demands from him.

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gressen lemmy.zip gressen@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-04
#14 · Quote Reply

Because that's what friends do.

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GardenGeek europe.pub GardenGeek@europe.pub
Joined: 2026-01-10
#15 · Quote Reply

EU finally feel what the rest of the world feel for the last century

That's true.

But does that make things any better? Is exploitation shared among the neo-feudalists better than just half of it? Or should we work to strip these people of their power?

It is precisely this mindset of “others should have it just as bad, or even worse” that brought these people to power, and through this division, they will rule over all of us... if we let them.

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GardenGeek europe.pub GardenGeek@europe.pub
Joined: 2026-01-10
#16 · Quote Reply

Trump acts like he's Napoleon. "Controls Elon" with communications via Starlink, hurting those who'd need communications most Controls information on one of the largest news platforms (FB) via Meta and Zuck Influences AI algorithms to only say nice things about himself and his presidency Fear mongers and tries to manipulate other countries into submission via threats of violence, tariffs, or ot...
  1. Installs regimes friendly to him in countries all over the world.
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voidsignal lemmy.world voidsignal@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-02-04
#17 · Quote Reply

It's scared.

it's panicking yes. death is coming.

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rumimevlevi sh.itjust.works rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-01-07
#18 · Quote Reply

That's true. But does that make things any better? Is exploitation shared among the neo-feudalists better than just half of it? Or should we work to strip these people of their power? It is precisely this mindset of “others should have it just as bad, or even worse” that brought these people to power, and through this division, they will rule over all of us... if we let them.

Yes it force the EU to finally abandon the USA and be a bit better in reducing global destabilization of the whole world

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MelodiousFunk slrpnk.net MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2024-03-08
#19 · Quote Reply

At what point does Europe realize that each demand they follow leads to an increasing number of demands from him.

Hey, I've seen this one!

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lauha lemmy.world lauha@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-29
#20 · Quote Reply

I want EU to say no and see Taco again

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Potato Lover 💾 No brain found lemmy.sdf.org user224@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-17
#21 · Quote Reply

The trigger is a Commission proposal to reserve some direct satellite-to-smartphone spectrum for European operators, curbing access for US and Chinese firms including SpaceX’s Starlink

"I called dibs on your RF spectrum and you're not respecting that!"

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Akh lemmy.world Akh@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-01-09
#22 · Quote Reply

Canada stood up to the bullying and was willing to fight back. Are the Netherlands/EU willing to do the same?

They seem to he moving away from us tech

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Jiral lemmy.world Jiral@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-06-06
#23 · (edited) Quote Reply

Is the text also slop or just the image?

That said, any such threats confirm that the EU is doing the right thing.

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Lithops lemmy.world Lithops@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-17
#24 · Quote Reply

The thing is, we Europeans can live without the US. So yeay, threaten us. Doesn´t matter which country, we dont like this kindergarten behaviour

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Corkyskog sh.itjust.works Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-12
#25 · Quote Reply

They seem to he moving away from us tech

Not fast enough in my opinion. I want them to rip up the old IP deals now that Trump already ripped up the trade deals that got them to agree in the first place and create an entrepreneurial fund for their citizens to create competing businesses. I want Canada or any country that is Western Oriented to create their own app stores that even Americans can access to get away from the US tech oligarchs predatory pricing and data harvesting.

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vaultdweller013 sh.itjust.works vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-08
#26 · Quote Reply

I wonder if the European Space agency could "accidentally" hack and de-orbit the starlink constellation. That'd be funny.

Look I don't like the idea of having non-scientific infrastructure in space now imagine my feelings on it being privately owned. Also I legitimately can't see Elon Musk as human at this point, it's firmly and irrevocably within the sacrifice fodder category in my mind. I didn't mean to dehumanize that thing but my hatred is maximum.

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MrSulu lemmy.ml MrSulu@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-12-23
#27 · Quote Reply

Giving in to the bully will definitely stop them coming back for more...... /s

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Optional lemmy.world homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-09
#28 · Quote Reply

Europe, tell the demented rapist to go fuck himself. Hopefully, if our lefty friends can make it out of the house this time we’ll have some change to report in four weeks.

Most unpopular, least competent “predisent” evar.

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Malica lemmy.zip Malica@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-08-27
#29 · Quote Reply

Quote from the article: "SpaceX has warned the plan could weaken connectivity in Ukraine, where Starlink supports civilian and military communications" Go fuck yourself, NazElon. GO. FUCK. YOURSELF. You're not serious people. You're barely people as is.

I refuse to believe they have any humanity

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some_designer_dude lemmy.world some_designer_dude@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-15
#30 · Quote Reply

I wonder if the European Space agency could "accidentally" hack and de-orbit the starlink constellation. That'd be funny. Look I don't like the idea of having non-scientific infrastructure in space now imagine my feelings on it being privately owned. Also I legitimately can't see Elon Musk as human at this point, it's firmly and irrevocably within the sacrifice fodder category in my mind. I did...

So many of us in the same boat. How that piece of shit doesn’t catch lead every time he’s seen in public is, frankly, dispicable.

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Wispy2891 lemmy.world Wispy2891@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-13
#31 · Quote Reply

Devastating retaliation = let American citizens pay more taxes 😂

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vaultdweller013 sh.itjust.works vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-08
#32 · Quote Reply

So many of us in the same boat. How that piece of shit doesn’t catch lead every time he’s seen in public is, frankly, dispicable.

We have all drank of the font of peace and it's made us adverse to violence. Fucks like Musk wouldve been killed a hundred times over a hundred years ago, there's a reason the oligarchs of old put so much into philanthropy and kept from the public eye where possible.

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Doomsider lemmy.world Doomsider@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#33 · (edited) Quote Reply

Let me guess, moar tariffs! This one-trick pony administration should do everyone a favor and take itself out to the woodshed.

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Mangoholic lemmy.ml Mangoholic@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-24
#34 · Quote Reply

The thing is, we Europeans can live without the US. So yeay, threaten us. Doesn´t matter which country, we dont like this kindergarten behaviour

Unfortunately they make up most of our trade...
Nearly all software infrastructure...
Defense...
But yeah I am with you.

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moldy_rice piefed.keyboardvagabond.com moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com
Joined: 2026-08-07
#35 · Quote Reply

Trump is clearly Musk's puppet

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cheat700000007 lemmy.world cheat700000007@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-02-14
#36 · Quote Reply

Just ignore them. Nothing they say is meaningful or trustworthy.

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Auli lemmy.ca Auli@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-17
#37 · Quote Reply

The thing is, we Europeans can live without the US. So yeay, threaten us. Doesn´t matter which country, we dont like this kindergarten behaviour

It well be very hard. If America sanctioned EU no credit cards no tech. It would be very painful but better in the end.

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Auli lemmy.ca Auli@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-17
#38 · Quote Reply

They seem to he moving away from us tech

Really? Anyone making processors? Even AEM us jibdvof American when US banned American companies dealing with Huweai Arm followed the order and that us all that matters.

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