He has also repeatedly suggested that Joe Biden’s administration discriminated against Starlink by denying it US government subsidies for rural broadband.

Fucking liars lying. Starlink wasn’t giving a speed defined as “broadband” when they applied:

theverge.com/…/spacex-starlink-fcc-rural-digital-…

Does it have better latency than Hughes? Sure. Was it providing adequate throughput at the time? No. And it’s pretty laughable that Starlink couldn’t even keep up with Hughes 'cause I’ve used that shit and it’s terrible for throughput at the node I tried.