Didn't everyone make fun of Jenson for saying exactly this?

Yes it was a dumb thing to say and it doesn’t follow at all that restrictions on chips has “sped up” anything. China was always going to build their own chips and their pace is unrelated to a lack of nvidia chips.

Not sure, but there are definitely people around the president on both sides, some who think they can addict the Chinese to our silicon, like its the new opium war or something