{"id":7337,"date":"2026-10-23T08:14:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T08:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/10\/23\/trump-reportedly-asked-elon-musk-to-restore-ukraines-starlink-service-amid-war\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T08:14:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T08:14:01","slug":"trump-reportedly-asked-elon-musk-to-restore-ukraines-starlink-service-amid-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/10\/23\/trump-reportedly-asked-elon-musk-to-restore-ukraines-starlink-service-amid-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Reportedly Asked Elon Musk to Restore Ukraine&#8217;s Starlink Service Amid War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump reportedly contacted Elon Musk, urging him to restore Ukraine&#8217;s Starlink internet service after restrictions were imposed. The crucial Starshield system began operating more normally shortly after the alleged call, according to reports citing U.S. officials. Trump has denied direct involvement in the decision to throttle the service, stating he does not know who was behind it, though he acknowledged its restoration.<\/p>\n<p>This situation has drawn scrutiny from lawmakers, with some suggesting White House acquiescence for the initial restrictions. Senator Richard Blumenthal has launched an inquiry into the matter.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/trump-called-musk-and-asked-him-to-lift-ukraine-starlink-restrictions-5aeebc6e?mod=hp_lead_pos1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE FROM CNBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump reportedly contacted Elon Musk, urging him to restore Ukraine&#8217;s Starlink internet service after restrictions were imposed. The crucial Starshield system began operating more normally shortly after the alleged call, according to reports citing U.S. officials. Trump has denied direct involvement in the decision to throttle the service, stating he does not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108447857-17926928671792692865-49166543464-1080pnbcnews.jpg?v=1792692866&w=750&h=422&vtcrop=y","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,30,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-global-affairs","category-global-security","category-technology","rifnote_country-russia","rifnote_country-ukraine","rifnote_country-usa","rifnote_executive-donald-trump","rifnote_executive-elon-musk","rifnote_executive-volodymyr-zelenskyy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108447857-17926928671792692865-49166543464-1080pnbcnews.jpg?v=1792692866&w=750&h=422&vtcrop=y","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}