If Marcan (Hector Martin) is serious about quitting Linux development, he will stop contributing to the project using his Asahi Lina persona as well. Until then this is just empty posturing trying to elicit a reaction from the community.
It could be worse. I live in southern Europe and not only are civil servants virtually unfirable, they also have much better salaries and benefits than they would have in the private sector.
If I had to stop using services or buying products every time they advocate for something or do some change I disagree with I would have to live in a cabin in the woods.
I expect that like always the pockets of the usual consulting firms will be filled and nothing competitive with the USA or China will ever come out of it.
As a website developer and host, I can assure you recaptcha works very well to stop spam and automated login requests. It is not perfect, but no system is.
The first article you posted doesn’t say the new admin will push combustion vehicles over electric vehicles. It says that Trump wants consumers to buy the kind of vehicle of their choice.