But, but, but... NATIONAL SECURITY! WAR WITH CHINA!

It's just today's "won't anyone think about the kids".

You really didn't get the very explicit sarcasm?

Only that wasn't the reason they were banned. They were banned because while they allowed much higher speed aerodynamic stability - especially on curves - was very inconsistent, leading to serious crashes. Also, not all teams at the time had enough resources to build the fans, so it could hinder the competition.

Aside from fans, "normal ground effect" was banned in 1982 because of safety concerns and only allowed back in 2022, since it's much less of a safety concern nowadays. But for anyone who's been watching F1 for the last decades, it's very noticeable how the new "ground effect" cars are again much more inconsistent and less predictable, giving teams a really hard time to get settings right for each race. In fact even during races, when tires deteriorate or get changed, a car can behave completely different.

There is no such thing as "don't participate" in the global economy.

My country was going somewhat well. But we got the 10% baseline tariff, didn't make any moves and we're now suffering a lot because oil and mineral prices are going down (fear of a global recession) and investors are running to things like gold and the Euro. Our stocks crashed and our currency greatly devaluated in just a few days.

Contractor both times, paid directly by the US companies.

TBH, I was being kind of snarky. What I assume is that the "bring back jobs" is just a lame excuse for other, much less noble motives.

Actually, I'm not from the US but I've been interviewed six times (and hired twice) for US companies. Only two times the interviewer was from my own country and even then we were separated for more than 600 miles. So meeting in person was out of question.

I'm not from the US, so I keep wondering: is unemployment so bad in the US? Are American citizens truly so desperately in need of those manufacturing jobs?

The summary and the article expressly state that these are remote positions. We're talking about people abroad, sometimes on the other side of the globe. It's almost impossible to interview them in person. Even more so for US positions, which requires the visitor to pass through a lengthy visa process.

Apple has been manufacturing part of the iPhones in India at least since 2017. It's not news.

That's actually a good insight and very likely one of the main objectives.

*turned their backs

I meant, turned sides.

From day one, I believed that Trump's intention is precisely to sow chaos in the global economy, generating an unprecedented economic crisis with the aim of forcing a change of regime from socio-liberal to right-wing authoritarian in as many countries as possible.

This would explain why he took these actions right at the beginning of his government. By the end of these 4 years, many affected countries may have turned their backs, since the population will tend to blame their own leaders for the crisis. And in the US, if inflation stabilizes by then, most Americans will have already gotten used to higher prices and will have forgotten all about it.

This is, of course, just a theory.

No, definitely not all good. There must be a due process. Governments shouldn't be allowed to simply dispose of people and then come with some superficial claim about it.

TBH, I do. I hope they do exactly everything they've been promising.