quote: Curious where @DavidSacks lands on this topic, and what he would advise the White House. I asked @grok for a best guess: "Based on his consistent public record, the educated guess is that he would come down against the deals and side with the senators’ warning. Sacks has repeatedly framed critical supply-chain dependence on China as a serious national-security error. In 2025 he described U.S. reliance on China for key components as a “catastrophic mistake,” arguing that the United States “never should have let this happen” by prioritizing free-trade orthodoxy over security. Memory chips sit squarely in that category—especially amid the current AI-driven shortage that makes them strategically important." | US SENATORS WARN APPLE AGAINST CHINESE MEMORY CHIP DEALS Lawmakers led by Jim Banks and Chuck Schumer urged $AAPL to abandon talks with CXMT and YMTC, even for devices sold only in China. Both chipmakers are on a Pentagon list of Chinese military companies; YMTC is also on the Commerce Department’s Entity List. Senators warned that Apple qualification could enable wider use later. They asked Apple to commit by Aug. 21 not to use the chips and disclose any technical information shared. The talks come amid a global memory shortage.

quote: Curious where @DavidSacks lands on this topic, and what he would advise the White House. I asked @grok for a best guess: "Based on his consistent public record, the educated guess is that he would come down against the deals and side with the senators’ warning. Sacks has repeatedly framed critical supply-chain dependence on China as a serious national-security error. In 2025 he described U.S. reliance on China for key components as a “catastrophic mistake,” arguing that the United States “never should have let this happen” by prioritizing free-trade orthodoxy over security. Memory chips sit squarely in that category—especially amid the current AI-driven shortage that makes them strategically important." | US SENATORS WARN APPLE AGAINST CHINESE MEMORY CHIP DEALS Lawmakers led by Jim Banks and Chuck Schumer urged $AAPL to abandon talks with CXMT and YMTC, even for devices sold only in China. Both chipmakers are on a Pentagon list of Chinese military companies; YMTC is also on the Commerce Department’s Entity List. Senators warned that Apple qualification could enable wider use later. They asked Apple to commit by Aug. 21 not to use the chips and disclose any technical information shared. The talks come amid a global memory shortage.

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