The Musk tracker

Elon Musk and governments worldwide

A sourced record of 212 statements and actions by Elon Musk and his companies since 2022: interventions in the politics, governments, courts and regulation of 43 countries and the European Union, threats and legal action against critics, and the use of market power against competitors. Each entry sets out what he said or did, the background, the response and what happened next.

Compiled by Starlink Watch editors · Updated 4 Nov 2026

212entries

44countries and the EU

147with an official response

35with a fact-check or court finding

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15 May 2025Power and conflicts

ProPublica reports US ambassador raised aid while pressing Gambia to approve Starlink

ProPublica reported that US Ambassador Sharon Cromer raised US aid, including a $25 million electrical project under review, while meeting Gambia's communications ministry about Starlink's licence, and later wrote to the president urging him to "facilitate…

Response: The State Department said Starlink has been a game changer and Any patriotic American should want to see an American company's success on the global stage; White House spokesman Harrison Fields s…

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