Washington elites love to talk about America leading the world in technology, but when it comes to the future of the nation’s wireless communications, they turn a blind eye to—or worse—actively subvert the Trump administration’s agenda.
In the One Big Beautiful Bill that passed earlier this year, Congress authorized a sale of spectrum—the official term used for American wireless communications—worth nearly $100 billion. President Donald Trump lauded this as a necessary goal for ensuring American dominance in 5G and 6G. Now, the latest NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) has a hidden provision that would undo that progress and give the military-industrial complex more power to block auctions that President Trump already advocated for.
This isn’t the first time deep state actors within the defense industry have acted contrary to a President’s interest to defend their own fiefdom. Last time, the military-industrial complex went after Ligado Networks, a 5G telecommunications company, in an effort to strangle innovation rather than lose control of spectrum policy.
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