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Update: 

For further proof that the Biden administration is weaponizing government agencies to target Elon Musk,  Commissioner Brendan Carr stated in an X post, "President Biden gave federal agencies the green light to go after him [Musk]."

Musk recently described the apparent 'beef' that the Biden administration has with him. In September, he told All-In Podcast host entrepreneur David Sacks:

Musk continued:

The weaponization of government agencies against Musk suggests leftist radicals in the White House are terrified of the billionaire's power and must stop him at any cost – even if that means jeopardizing the nation's space race.

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Elon Musk has voiced concerns that radicals within the Biden administration might attempt to 'weaponize' federal agencies against his businesses, citing his move to make X a 'free speech' social media platform. This concern was underscored in a decision by the US Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday to withhold approximately $900 million in rural broadband subsidies from SpaceX's satellite internet unit, Starlink. 

The FCC "reaffirmed" its initial decision from last year to deny SpaceX the $886 million in federal funding because it could not demonstrate program requirements, such as high-speed internet, for users in 35 states: 

For SpaceX to receive funding from the FCC's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), it must deliver average download speeds of over 100Mbps and upload speeds of 20Mbps to rural America by December 2025. One year ago, the FCC denied funding over Starlink's strained satellite capacity.

"The FCC followed a careful legal, technical and policy review to determine that this applicant had failed to meet its burden," FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said.

In response to the decision, the tech blog PCMag quoted SpaceX as saying: 

Two Republican commissioners on the five-member FCC panel disagreed with the decision. They suggested the denial was due to the Biden administration's bitterness toward Musk. 

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr warned about Biden officials weaponizing agencies against the billionaire: 

Musk chimed in on X, stating the decision "doesn't make sense." 

Despite all of this, the Department of Defense recently called its nine-month pilot test of Starlink terminals in the harsh, snowy environment in the Arctic a 'success.' 

Meanwhile, SpaceX has accelerated its rocket launches to put more Starlink satellites into orbit every month. There are about nearly 5,000 of these satellites in orbit.

For comparison, Jeff Bezos' space internet company only has a few satellites in orbit. Furthermore, Bezos had to tap Musk for rocket launches because his rocket company had been hit with severe delays. 

Starlink had over two million users in September, operating across seven continents in over 60 countries. 

"SpaceX continues to put more satellites into orbit every month, which should translate to even faster and more reliable service," said Republican FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington. 

Meanwhile, SpaceX has launched over 80% of the world's payload to orbit this year. That figure will likely increase in 2024. 

Musk is the leader in the space race with the most launches this year, beating entire countries like China. He also leads the space internet race. 

However, with all this success, the Biden administration is terrified of the world's richest man and has likely chosen to weaponize federal agencies against his companies. The leader of the free world should not be weaponizing the government after his opponents that jeopardize the space race for the country.