Realistically no one cares about the affairs unless they are personally involved.

He sold massive quantities of chips to China through proxies he had intimate knowledge of. His view (which I agree with, though not his method) was that national security is best served long term if we keep China dependent on US chips as long as possible. The current admin disagrees. I’m not really sure who is right… but I’m pretty sure it was foolish to just think you would sell billions of dollars of chips to China despite the rules.