Summary

Carlos Slim’s telecom giant, América Móvil, canceled $22 billion in planned Starlink orders after Elon Musk insinuated Slim had ties to drug cartels.

The decision, made within hours of Musk’s tweet, costs Musk his main partner in 25 countries and shifts business to Chinese and European competitors, further reducing U.S. commercial influence.

Musk’s increasing political entanglements and conspiracy-laden posts are alienating key business partners and consumers, with potential ripple effects on Tesla sales.

  • in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 天前

    I’m likely not well informed enough to know for sure, but from what I’ve been gathering is that China Russia relations are more or less based on weapons deals while otherwise remaining neutral and shakey at best. As in they’re sort of “fair weather friends” but I think China has a better future in weapons deals with a United Europe and a collapsing USA and Russia Vs. a future with a collapsing Russia and the likes of Iran or Hungary (Turkey is NATO btw). China certainly wouldn’t approach Europe with a deal, but rather I feel like China is in the position to choose between deals that are coming to them, and while China is certainly not an ideal Big Daddy I feel like they’d do a better job at overseeing more peaceful relations with themselves on top instead of America. Iran and North Korea would get a better deal out of it too than this new Axis of Evil you’re proposing. Everyone just wants USA to collapse so they can get on with their countries without USA’s meddling interference schemes and paying dues to Uncle Sam, that alone would placate a lot of these “Evil Countries” to be more willing and able to be less “evil”. It’s not a solution but it’s progress.

    AGAIN i’m most likely wrong, would like to be enlightened further if anyones got some good reads/vids for me.