> The optics are quite different. A foreign government exerting influence domestically is troubling from a national security point of view. This is what I woul

> The optics are quite different. A foreign government exerting influence domestically is troubling from a national security point of view. This is what I would call hypocrisy. The US has a long history of bullying companies from other countries (see the Iran situation for example), but now that they are not the biggest kid on the playground, there is suddenly outrage that other countries do it as well. And regarding values of freedom, if that is really what you care about maybe it would be a good start to stop supporting despots worldwide and overthrowing democratic governments because they don't favour American businesses.