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Trump left White House staff 'shocked' after ignoring serious warning
Trump Overruled His Own Security State for a BuyerPower, Not ConfusionThis is not a story about an administration that stumbled into a bad decision. It is a story about the president using institutional power to override his own Commerce Department after staff compiled warnings about national-security risk. Politico reports that Trump approved looser export rules giving the UAE sweeping access to advanced American semiconductors and related tech, despite internal memos warning that the technology could be diverted toward U.S. adversaries, including through China-linked channels in the…
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