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He didn't switch it off. Either:

  * It was Starlink, and putting it on offensive weaponry is against the T&Cs. That's not Musk's whim. That's just the rules.

  * It was Starshield, in which case it was the Pentagon that throttled its access, since Starshield is controlled by the Pentagon not Elon Musk
Or, it was Starshield and Elon did shut it off as all the current reporting indicates, and ergo SpaceX should be nationalized.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/us/politics/starshield-ou...

No one cares about your politics, head over to reddit bud.