[deeth_starr]

Sorry, are you saying that all interactions have to go along the "Battle Chess duck" trope?

I see many other options. One, Intel invests 7b in a 7nm factory, oh shit 7nm is delayed, Trump elected, announce same factory now option.

[logfromblammo]

No. I'm saying that the current administration has constrained itself politically, and Intel could have exploited that.

The move to another country is the sacrificial detail that both forces the negotiation and allows a "compromise" to go 100% in Intel's favor.