Comment by chneu

Absolutely. Everything in tech is hugely funded by tax payer money.

Modern semiconductor manufacturing is nearly all researched in partnership with federal funding. It's viewed as a national security issue.

The best theory I've heard so far is that Trump has this wild idea that if he can tank the US economy into a recession/depression then he can renegotiate our debt. He thinks this will save the US trillions of dollars. Except it'll cost the US trillions of dollars as well. I don't know if he's smart enough to think this up but it does kinda seem like what he's doing.