> Trump gonna respond to this with an escalation for sure

This is basically the equivalent of the weekly nuclear annihilation threat from the Moscow direction ;)

Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%27s_final_warning

to be fair to Trump, he does respond to corporate lobby - Pichai just got to make a phone call and an EO will be rolling out in short order. This is not because Gogole controls Trump, it is simply that Trump is a nationalist and will defend US companies, he just needs to be reminded to do so