Could we also include national security? The people of the US really want to avoid losing to our competition because they are forced to develop their own cutting edge chips. We need the world on our petrodollar and the world’s best AI researchers on our chips. Jackson Polloc is famous largely because the American government created false demand by driving his auction prices up for national security reasons. Lutnick has even been honest, about that. In this case, NVDA and US have aligned interests in NVDA’s dominance, and it seems like being given more leeway to engage in creative if not entirely kosher business practices might be part of a coordinated plan with the current administration.