Yep, time to pay back those campaign contributions in the form of "chinese models embargo". USG has already shown more than willing to dabble in picking what AI companies can do what.

Actually its interesting, I wonder if the recent freezes on Fable/Mythos and GPT 5.6 where actually prepping so that a "chinese model not allowed" play would be more pallatable / excusable. But then again, that's attributing 4d chess to an admin that has been making rookie mistakes.