https://puri.sm/products/librem-5-usa/
It is like 1000$ more expensive than the China version of the same phone. Could Apple and their volume get their price down? Probably but it is still going to be significantly more expensive.
If the US was desperate, we could maybe switch to this phone in an emergency?
Though, most of these parts were first made in the USA so there's no doubt we couldn't do it if we wanted.
While it may not originate from politicians, politics and corporate short-sightedness have been so tightly coupled since at least the Reagan admin that distinguishing the two is arguably missing the forest for the trees.
But yes, the root problem is the people controlling the levers of Capital for short-sighted greed, as is often the case.
Short-sighted pursuit of profit is a failure mode inherent in capitalism in general, no cronyism required.
This is circular reasoning. We can't make them here because we don't.
Yes, obviously it would take time to build capacity, but it's silly to argue China is fundamentally capable of something that the US is not. This is purely a question of cost (and, therefore, motivation).
What should probably be countenanced, in my opinion, is "supply chain readiness": make _some_ of the iPhones domestically, so that if it becomes necessary, it is much faster to ramp domestic production. That hurts profits in the short term, but it probably does enhance long term expectation profits (conflict with China is less disastrous).
Unfortunately Wall Street is notorious for its emphasis on the short term -- and that has next to nothing to do with politics.