Are you arguing that US government offices should run Chinese models?
It isn’t hypocritical.
It is obviously smart statecraft.
You're wrong. Protectionism is an economic policy where a government tries to protect domestic businesses and industries from foreign competition.
This is not that.
> Protectionism is an economic policy where a government tries to protect domestic businesses and industries from foreign competition
This is exactly that.
I don't recall Western pundits saying it is smart statecraft when China erected the Great Firewall.
> Preventing your government services from being dependent on a geopolitical foe is not protectionism.
That is exactly protectionism.