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And will likely disappear on January because anything one party does must be undone. Politics in the US.

>And will likely disappear on January because anything one party does must be undone.

I completely understand the sentiment and I believe your read of the ideological landscape is probably spot on. But in practical terms, how likely is it that such a thing could actually happen? Once the grants are locked in I think it might be really difficult to attempt to claw back money that's been allocated. The same things going on with the infrastructure bill and the inflation reduction act, namely that I think there's a race against time to try to get these funds out the door before the next Congress could take them away.

So, despite the best efforts of the next congress, we might nevertheless stay at the frontier of things like chip manufacturing and next gen infrastructure in it's various forms.

Politics in the US is why Intel got these grants despite them being unworthy of it and not even meeting the milestones

The question now will be whether Intel can turn that funding into tangible results

I'd think any such flip-flopping would have to be limited to whether to issue additional grants, rather than trying to cancel ones that were already issued?

> And will likely disappear on January because anything one party does must be undone

Trade policy, especially towards China, has been quite bipartisan the past two Administrations so your pessimism isn’t entirely warranted. Trump doesn’t like the CHIPS Act but it’s unclear how serious any opposition will be once they get in and how much discretion they even have given the circumstances.

I don't think Trump will touch this one to me honest.

Nonsense. Trump supports domestic manufacturing.

Trump supports whatever he supports on a given day. He's as unpredictable as the weather. I'd expect volatility in what he supports.

FWIW, though, he manufacturers his merch overseas doesn't he? Seems like if he supported domestic manufacturing, he'd... use it?

He's been pretty consistent over last 10 years that part of MAGA is bringing back manufacturing

The details however...

That would fit into profits though. Money in his pocket is what he supports more than anything else.

> Trump supports whatever he supports on a given day.

What positions? He seems pretty consistent to me.

He said, on multiple occasions he was opposed to cutting Medicaid, but he did so. He signed a later saying climate change was one of the most extant problems the world faces then later called it a hoax. He said one of the most pressing concerns facing America was ensuring everyone had access tell clean water but repealed the clean water act. He was for universal healthcare, he was for lgbtq people, etc etc.

There are many many such instances.

> FWIW, though, he manufacturers his merch overseas doesn't he? Seems like if he supported domestic manufacturing, he'd... use it?

"Official Trump campaign merchandise is made in the United States, which the website explicitly states. However, there is a market of unofficial Trump merchandise that is made in other countries and sold online and at rallies."

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2020/09/09/fact...

Not his campaign merch, though that's good to see I guess. He's got business lines in everything from food, to home furnishings, to apparel. Is that all manufactured in America?

But he thinks the way to spur domestic manufacturing is via tariffs of overseas chip makers, not via government investment. He talked about this when he was interviewed by Joe Rogan before the election (I read a writeup, did not listen to it)

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