In a Guardian column, Robert Reich argues that no private individual should hold the power over US foreign policy that Elon Musk has wielded in Ukraine, citing Wall Street Journal reports that Musk slowed Starlink service relied on by Ukrainian forces. He says Musk is the largest known donor of the 2026 midterms, calls him and Donald Trump conmen and megalomaniacs, and urges readers to stop buying Teslas, quit X, and support politicians promising to defund him.