You are underestimating the significance of this. The economic security of the US rests to a significant extent on the fact that there's far more fundamental in

You are underestimating the significance of this. The economic security of the US rests to a significant extent on the fact that there's far more fundamental innovation going on here than anywhere else in the world. Whoever pays for it, ends up owning it, which is not a problem if the innovation in question is just some inconsequential bullshit like a business model. It becomes a problem when it's something that is a force multiplier: AI, hardware, big data, etc. You don't want to let the Middle Eastern hereditary theocratic dictatorships to play with any of this stuff, or own large chunks of the US innovation sector. You also don't want Communist China to play with it either, but I guess it's too late for that now.