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‘Madness’: Shock as Trump White House smacked by bombshell on deadly Starlink order

Critics of President Donald Trump unloaded on his White House after a new report traced a deadly battlefield decision straight to his doorstep. Reuters reported Thursday that the order to limit Starshield, the military-grade version of SpaceX's Starlink service that Ukrainian troops use for drone operations and battlefield communications, came from…

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