I’m pretty sure GP meant that whoever in the USA started the push to eliminate Huawei equipment wasn’t thinking in terms of American party politics- as in, this

I’m pretty sure GP meant that whoever in the USA started the push to eliminate Huawei equipment wasn’t thinking in terms of American party politics- as in, this didn’t arise during the Trump administration because Trump wanted to look tough on China, it arose because some American government researcher discovered some backdoors when Trump happened to be president. The whistle was blown not to give one party an edge out talking point, but because the researcher wanted to help their country. So political in the USA vs. China sense, but not political in the commonly used Republicans vs Democrats sense.