Your US-centric view makes no sense. The machines to make the chips are made in the Netherlands, the mirrors for those machines in Germany, to be finally fabbed

Your US-centric view makes no sense. The machines to make the chips are made in the Netherlands, the mirrors for those machines in Germany, to be finally fabbed in Taiwan. Furthermore, if you ever want a more challenging job, then I would invite you to try to convince a German to do something outside the law.