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The Starlink Favor: Inside Zelensky’s high-stakes request to Trump & Musk
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July 31, 2026
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7:28Now PlayingThe Morning Joe panel discusses Jonathan Lermire’s latest piece he co-authored for The Atlantic about a major favor that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked of Trump during closed-door talks at the White House this week. According to two officials, Zelensky laid out a plan for his country’s strategy against Russia this winter, and requested President Trump call in a big favor from his ally Elon Musk so that they could be granted permission to use Starlink to aid Ukrainian missile strikes inside of Russia.
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