15/ So it's not just SpaceX that will suffer; governments buying equipment or services from the US will almost certainly now be asking how they can de-risk themselves. The obvious answer will be to not buy American in the first place. /end

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14/ As a result, Trump and Musk between them have effectively wrecked trust in US defence exports. They've shown how US military equipment can be weaponised in the most dramatic way possible, with complete disregard for the consequent loss of life.

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13/ Trump has shown clearly that he's willing to use the leverage provided by US defence exports to pressure allies, even at the cost of civilian lives and increased risk to US personnel and facilities in that country. This would have been unthinkable for any other Administration.

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12/ But this isn't just a Musk issue. The Telegraph's reporting implicates Trump as authorising Musk's actions. And Trump has power over the entire US defence industry. This means, for example, that the nightmare scenario of cutting off support for exported F-35s is now real.

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As a Canadian and having our sovereignty threatened by the US I guarantee you this action confirms our fear of kill switches built into US military tech. The F-35 deal with the US is now dead in the water.

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