EU was supposed to launch up sats to act as backup in case this happened, but as usual EU is all talk, no action ?

isnt this system controlled by the us government? distinct from consumer starlink service?

I've always had this paradigm that I fall back to when uncertain of things, or encounter stuff I am not sure about: find out what your enemies want you to do, and don't do it.

These last few weeks really just boggle my mind, as an American. Seriously - whose side is the administration on?

Yes yes yes - "the last few weeks?!?" etc, but you get what I mean.