Because this posturing is purely about the self imposed trade war US is having with China. One cannot seriously claim that Huawei selling an Android phone with

Because this posturing is purely about the self imposed trade war US is having with China. One cannot seriously claim that Huawei selling an Android phone with Google Play on it would harm US national security, yet that is the official reason for banning it. US didn’t care about this issue before they needed more reasons to ban more chinese companies. ”Trade war” as a straight reason would not go well, it’s likely even against WTO rules.