Elon Musk’s mother criticized President Joe Biden after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) denied nearly $900 million in rural broadband subsidies for Starlink, a satellite internet service provided by SpaceX.

“I am the mother of @elonmusk His goal is to make this world a better place. @POTUS wants to stop him,” Maye Musk wrote in an X post on Wednesday. “Have you any idea how furious I am?”

She added: “People in other countries are proud of Elon and do not understand the US President’s motive. Please tell me how I should answer them.”

The five-member FCC, led by Democratic Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, reaffirmed its 2022 decision to deny $885.5 million in rural broadband subsidies for Starlink, saying that Mr. Musk’s satellite network had “failed to demonstrate that it could deliver the promised service.” Starlink had won the initial subsidies in 2020 as part of the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund program.

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