Sen. Chris Coons speaks out against Trump's Ukraine policy
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[0:00] Welcome back to the Takeout. Elon Musk,
[0:02] according to Elon Musk, was the one who
[0:05] cut back Ukraine's access to Starlink
[0:08] satellite internet. This cleared up
[0:10] confusion, days of it, between the Trump
[0:12] White House and Musk. On social media,
[0:15] Democratic Senator Chris Coons of
[0:17] Delaware said, quote, "Trump is trying
[0:18] to force Ukraine surrender. That would
[0:21] be a tragedy and a huge strategic error.
[0:24] I'll be damned if it happens while I
[0:27] have anything to say about it." The
[0:29] Coons joins me now. So, what do you mean
[0:31] and what are you going to do about it?
[0:34] >> Major, thanks for focusing on this
[0:36] critical issue. Um, if Elon Musk has the
[0:39] power individually, uh, based on his
[0:41] whim or his politics or his sense of the
[0:44] strategic situation to switch on or off
[0:47] an absolutely vital strategic service to
[0:50] the defense services of Ukraine, that
[0:52] we, the American taxpayers, are paying
[0:54] for, then we've got too much power
[0:56] accumulated in the hands of one man. And
[0:59] I think