Every promise of this administration is worthless, so why even bother? Either they protect you, because they don't want the chip tech to fall to China or they don't.
Buying half of Intel isn't going to change anything
Buying half of Intel isn't going to change anything
I think it's a braindead, 4th-grade way to run international negotiations, but it is a way.
Because counterparty countries will still exist, you'll need to make future deals, and they'll remember the last time you fucked them over.