This article doesn't seem to have much evidence to back it's theory about displacing the dollar.
Elon's primary motivation is quite well documented, a massive DoD program*, which requires Republicans to fund. Twitter helps him curry favors to earn these (potentially ~$500B) Republican-backed contracts.
* The DoD program is a space constellation of ballistic missile defense satellites for tracking and targeting nuclear ballistic missiles, including HGVs and hypersonic cruise missiles".[110] " However, (UCS) warns developments could escalate tensions with Russia and China and called the project "fundamentally destabilizing".[111] They later called for a treaty halting development to prevent an arms race in space.[112] The Biden administration has largely agreed to slow it down and has been stiffing Elon (e.g. ignoring Tesla) for his involvement.
Starlink's military satellite development is overseen internally at SpaceX by retired four-star general Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy.[113][114] O'Shaughnessy advocated before the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services for a layered space capability with lethal follow-on that incorporates machine learning and artificial intelligence to gather and act upon sensor data quickly.[115]
It is based on Starlink platforms and requires heavy lift (Starship) for actual orbital weapon deployment.
Elon's primary motivation is quite well documented, a massive DoD program*, which requires Republicans to fund. Twitter helps him curry favors to earn these (potentially ~$500B) Republican-backed contracts.
Mike Griffin is the ringleader but he's only useful when Republicans are in power (see parts about Elon and Space Development Agency / SDI). https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Griffin#Career
* The DoD program is a space constellation of ballistic missile defense satellites for tracking and targeting nuclear ballistic missiles, including HGVs and hypersonic cruise missiles".[110] " However, (UCS) warns developments could escalate tensions with Russia and China and called the project "fundamentally destabilizing".[111] They later called for a treaty halting development to prevent an arms race in space.[112] The Biden administration has largely agreed to slow it down and has been stiffing Elon (e.g. ignoring Tesla) for his involvement.
Starlink's military satellite development is overseen internally at SpaceX by retired four-star general Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy.[113][114] O'Shaughnessy advocated before the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services for a layered space capability with lethal follow-on that incorporates machine learning and artificial intelligence to gather and act upon sensor data quickly.[115]
It is based on Starlink platforms and requires heavy lift (Starship) for actual orbital weapon deployment.
More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink#Military_capabilities
Also see: Strategic Defense Initiative. It's a big project, the recent establishment of the Space Force under Trump is built around this new program.