Opinionated summary:

  • Despite Republican assurances, Trump called the CHIPS Act “horrible” and pushed for its scrapping, creating chaos for an industry already struggling with uncertainty.
  • The Trump administration has already sabotaged the program by laying off key staff and considering changes to the projects, showing its disdain for U.S. industrial growth.
  • Industry leaders, who have already committed billions to U.S. chip production, are now left in limbo, thanks to Trump’s shortsighted, destructive rhetoric.
  • minnow@lemmy.world
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    Has he ever given any indication that he knows what the CHIPS Act is? Because I’m 99% sure he’s confusing it with CHIP Children’s Health Insurance Program which iirc is part of social security and we know he’s aiming to get rid of that.

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        To be fair, don’t a lot of people? I never got the hate, but I’ve run into plenty of people throughout my life who don’t care for him. I found his turn in the Fallout TV series to be a pleasant surprise.

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          Idk, I think the majority of people have no clue who he is. I’ve never even seen CHiPS before, I just know he was in it.

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          “Mr President, you’re the president. You don’t need other people telling you what to do, your own ideas are perfect. By the way, here’s The Hungry Hungry Liberal, A Project 2025 Picturebook for you to read while waiting for Biden to leave.”