“Silence, little man” – this was Elon Musk’s response to Radosław Sikorski, a prominent minister in Donald Tusk’s government. What sparked this exchange? Let’s break it down.
“Pro-American Sikorski”
If anyone thought that Donald Tusk’s recent statements in the Sejm would translate into reality, they might have been disappointed this morning. “We need a grand alliance with the USA” – such slogans echoed in the chamber. But we all remember what the politicians of the December 13 coalition have said about the Donald Trump administration so far.
And indeed, it didn’t take long for them to once again express their disdain for the pioneers of a free, normal world.
It all started with a morning post by Elon Musk.
“If I turn off the Starlink system, the entire front in Ukraine will collapse,” wrote the head of the Department of State Efficiency (DOGE) in the administration of US President Donald Trump on x.com.
“Silence, Little Man”
Radosław Sikorski decided to respond to the billionaire’s post. However, he quickly regretted it.
“Starlinks for Ukraine are paid for by the Polish Ministry of Digitalization at a cost of about 50 million dollars a year. Apart from the ethics of threatening a victim of aggression, if SpaceX proves to be an unreliable supplier, we will be forced to look for other suppliers,” he thundered.
However, he quickly realized that he might have been better off not writing anything… His post was immediately responded to by politicians from the Trump administration – Marco Rubio and Elon Musk himself.
“Simply Fabrication”
“No one threatened to cut Ukraine off from Starlink. And you should be thankful, because without Starlink, Ukraine would have lost this war long ago, and the Russians would now be at the border with Poland,” replied the US Secretary of State, who plays an important role in the context of Russian-Ukrainian-American negotiations.
But… Elon Musk shut Sikorski down even more bluntly.
“Silence, little man. You pay a tiny fraction of the cost. And there is no substitute for Starlink.”