White House, Trump both take credit for sending Starlink to the Southeast

Karah Rucker

GEORGIA AND NORTH CAROLINA ARE TWO OF THE  STATES MOST RAVAGED BY HURRICANE HELENE –

THE STORM SYSTEM PUTTING CITIES LIKE AUGUSTA GEORGIA AND ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA  UNDERWATER LAST FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY.

AS A RESULT – COMMUNITIES LOST ACCESS TO COMMUNICATIONS.

NO PHONES. NO INTERNET.

NO WAY TO REPORT EMERGENCIES.

NO WAY TO CONTACT LOVED ONES TO SEE IF THEY ARE ALIVE AND OKAY.

BUT ELON MUSK HAS SINCE DEPLOYED STARLINK SYSTEMS TO HELP IN THE REGION – WITHOUT NEED FOR PAYMENT TO ACCESS THEM. 

THE PROBLEM OF COMMUNICATIONS SEEMS TO HAVE A BANDAID ON IT WHILE CREWS TRY TO ACCESS DEVASTATED AREAS TO REBUILD INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND WHILE THE IMPORTANT THING IS MANY RESIDENTS HAVE REGAINED PHONE AND INTERNET ACCESS THANKS TO STARLINK –

POLITICS ARE IN PLAY OVER **WHO GETS CREDIT FOR IT.

FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS IN GEORGIA MONDAY – DELIVERING TRUCK LOADS OF SUPPLIES –

AND TELLING RESIDENTS HE’S BEEN IN TOUCH WITH ELON MUSK – ASKING HIM TO BRING IN STARLINK.

“They don’t have communication, they don’t have anything right now. we’re trying to, i just spoke to elon, i’m getting him – we want to get starlink hooked up because they don’t have communication whatsoever, and elon always comes through and we know that.”

“As you know our country is in the final weeks of a hard fought national election but in a tie like this when a crisis hits when our fellow citizens cry out in need, none of that matters. We’re not talking about politics now, we have to all work together to get this solved.”

ON X – IN RESPONSE TO A BLOOMBERG ARTICLE ABOUT TRUMP IN TOUCH WITH MUSK OVER STARLINK –

WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY ANDREW BATES SAID “THIS IS ALREADY HAPPENING.” –

AND CITED A FEMA PRESS RELEASE FROM MONDAY –

WHICH LISTED 40 STARLINK SYSTEMS AVAILABLE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS – AND 140 MORE ON THE WAY.

FEMA TOLD BUSINESS INSIDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MADE THE DECISION SUNDAY TO SEND THE SYSTEMS –

AND THAT TRUMP WAS NOT PART OF THEIR TALKS.

MUSK ON X – CONFIRMED HE WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH TRUMP – WHO WAS TELLING HIM WHAT AREAS STILL NEEDED HELP.

MUSK SAYING “SPACE X HAS SENT AS MANY STARLINK TERMINALS AS POSSIBLE TO HELP AREAS IN NEED. EARLIER TODAY, TRUMP ALERTED ME TO ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WHO NEED STARLINK INTERNET IN NORTH CAROLINA. WE ARE SENDING THEM TERMINALS RIGHT AWAY.”

MUSK ALSO SAYING STARLINK WOULD’VE BEEN OPERATIONAL IN THE REGION WELL BEFORE THE HURRICANE HIT IF IT WEREN’T FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ROADBLOCKS –

ON WEDNESDAY POSTING “HAD THE FCC NOT ILLEGALLY REVOKED THE SPACE X STARLINK AWARD – IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE SAVED LIVES IN NORTH CAROLINA. LAWFARE COSTS LIVES.”

RIGHT NOW –

RHETORIC FROM THE LEFT IS ACCUSING TRUMP OF TAKING CREDIT FOR STARLINK BEING DEPLOYED TO HELP STORM VICTIMS.

AND RHETORIC FROM THE RIGHT IS ACCUSING THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION OF A SLOW RESPONSE.

WHILE POLITICAL DISPUTES OVER HURRICANE HELENE ARE ONGOING –

RESCUE EFFORTS FOR THOSE STILL MISSING ARE **ALSO ONGOING – 

BUT HOPE FOR SURVIVORS IS DWINDLING– AS WE’RE NEARLY A WEEK IN SINCE HURRICANE HELENE DEVASTATED THE SOUTHEAST.

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