> When Trump says "America First" he means whatever is needed for America to "win".

When Trump says "America First" he means "Trump First". Insofar as this administration is concerned about winning a purported AI race, it's so that they can make money off of it. Trump views money collected by the government as his own personal slush fund, so this 10% of Intel is about him personally getting ownership of the AI race now. It has nothing to do with setting America up for the future, let's be clear.