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More nuanced (and without using the word "stupid")
For sure, Elmo can somehow make profit out of it, e.g. by selling the space cloud usage as "can't be controlled by an government on earth" for a high price. But when we concentrate on the facts: It can't be more efficient than Azure or AWS on earth, at least not for the next decades.
The Russians spat at his feet when he asked to buy their rocket engines, lots of naysayers. I have and love my starlink.