>big government and a fancy stock manipulation scheme.
What's wrong with US gov caring about supply chain and manufacturing capability of the most needed technology right there - on American soil?
It is in US' interest to be able to produce such complex tech locally
Samsung has a Texas fab(and AAPL is in discussions with them alongside INTC).
The issue for some is the driving force is military, to secure their supply chain to kill people.
Yes, it's called industrial policy and it can work very well.