Completely agree on all points, especially the last one. I'd argue that it's a very vicious way to remove international competition for the US now that they have effectively developed a thriving economy. It's just a much bigger form of regulatory capture Imo and some countries might gain way more by having lower taxes than whatever they would have with a 15% tax rate.

But to be clear my comment was really just about the specific wiki article he linked to and the weird rumours that spawned around it. Otherwise I usually don't even try to comment on anything related to economics or finance here on HN anymore, it's just not the... right platform for that Imo.