This push began before Covid and well before the war in Ukraine went hot - but those two factors certainly increased the urgency. At root the push in the US beg

This push began before Covid and well before the war in Ukraine went hot - but those two factors certainly increased the urgency. At root the push in the US began due to the rise of China as a military competitor in the early 2010s, and the consequent realization that TSMC might be blockaded, captured or destroyed.