[rickdeckard]

> "He didn't know this was happening" is kindergarten type excuse making.

Quite a strawman argument as no-one in this thread stated that. The case was closed, so it also doesn't make sense to speculate whether he was personally aware of this or not, e.g. the verdict also describes this:

   According to Cadence’s admissions and court documents, employees of Cadence China did not disclose to and/or concealed from other Cadence personnel, including Cadence’s export compliance personnel, that exports to CSCC were in fact intended for delivery to NUDT and/or the PRC military.

Anyway, as said, the letter with questions to Intel is a reasonable reaction, the social media post of the president is not.

> And in any case, if true is evidence of incompetence meaning he should not be permitted to lead a company so critical to US technology and national security concerns given his incompetence could allow that type of thing to happen again.

Accidentally proving my point. If this is such a company "critical to US technology and national security concerns", ESPECIALLY then the president shouldn't make such public statements without a prior due process.

[tiahura]

You dismiss the criticism of the "he didn't know" defense, and then proceed to try to prove he didn't know. Lack of institutional control is not a defense for apex personnel.

Further, your assumption that the president isn't privy to additional details is a big one.

[rickdeckard]

I'm not dismissing it, I'm literally stating that it "doesn't make sense to speculate whether he was personally aware of this or not", citing that same document you cited which points in the opposite direction as quotes you shared.