Okay, so it's been more than a month, if you can believe it, since Donald Trump announced his sweeping and pretty ridiculous tariffs.

But Mr. Art of the Deal, as he calls himself, has not yet struck a single trade deal, not a single one, with any single country.

But someone very close to him has.

This, you can see right here is Lesotho.

It's a tiny, tiny country surrounded entirely by South Africa. It's literally in the middle of South Africa. Now, just to put

the size of the country in perspective, which you can definitely tell from the map, it's roughly

the size of the state of Maryland. Has about a third of the population. So it's teeny tiny,

but it was still hit with tariffs by the Trump team. And while Trump and the White House have not managed to strike a deal

with the Kingdom of Lesotho, the Washington Post reports tonight that Elon Musk has, this is

from that brand new reporting. Less than two weeks after President Donald Trump announced 50% tariffs on goods from the tiny

African nation of Lesotho, they even know the size, the country's communications

regular held a meeting with representatives of Starlink.

Now Starlink, as you all know, is of course, Elon Musk's satellite communications company.

And according to the Washington Post, Starlink had been seeking access to customers in

Lesotho for some time.

But it was not until Trump unveiled the tariffs and called for negotiations over trade deals

that leaders of the country awarded Musk's firm the nation's first ever satellite internet

service license.

It's quite a coincidence, isn't it?

Now, this deal even drew a mention an internal State Department memo obtained by the Washington Post,

and here's what that memo said.

As the government of Lusutu negotiates a trade deal with the United States,

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