alt Hacker News> Technically, yes. The CCP, though, wants to incentivize Chinese firms to use domestically-manufactured chips.
This couldn’t be playing out better for Xi. Trump is China’s best president.
I used to think Trump was clueless and being outplayed, but now I realize he’s just looting and couldn’t care less about protectionism or the American worker.
Every single action from this administration can be explained by greed and ego.
> Every single action from this administration can be explained by greed and ego. I highly agree with you - and that’s coming from someone who can’t stand the Democrats[1]. Things like announcing all of a sudden that he opposes a merger when everybody knows Kushner is involved with a rival bid… it’s too obvious how much corruption is his very operating system. [1] (I didn’t vote for either candidate for President, but I’m not in a swing state so I’m not sorry)