No, it's stealing "allies" IP and giving it to US businesses [0] while subsidizing Intel to the tune of billions [1].
Still, nobody writes headlines along the lines of "State-sponsored Intel processors come with ME backdoor for government spying." instead we get, super trustworthy, articles how the NSA totally helped with disabling the backdoor [2], because a sucker is born every minute.
The absurdity of it all is immense, yet still seems to elude most US Americans.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON#Examples_of_industrial...
[1] https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/intel
[2] https://www.csoonline.com/article/3220476/researchers-say-no...
According to your source the US government is subsidizing Intel to the tune of $228,154,638, $141mm of which are loans. The lions share of those billions are incentives from Oregon and New Mexico to keep Intel manufacturing in their states.
>The absurdity of it all is immense, yet still seems to elude most US Americans.
What seems absurd in my opinion, is the idea it's a bad idea to prevent an unfriendly foreign power from gaining more access to your communication infrastructure. That's not hypocritical, it's pragmatic national security policy...
When you say it like that it's not quite clear whether you are referring to China or the US.
I don't know if there's a name for this but I'd call it "top dog syndrome", this is possibly the first time the US witnesses another player rising up to status and they don't seem to take it well.
It should be self evident that turning over domestic communications infrastructure to a global rival with the largest military on the planet, nuclear first strike capability, a history of violence, newly minted dictator, and global ambitions is a terrible idea.
Also, the US government isn't stealing US IP and giving it to Chinese businesses. The PLA is, and their ties to Huawei run deep.