No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.
1. It's a fee and not a tax.
2. Require the chips to be claimed as shipped from DC or another non-state.
And the more practical way.
3. Just don't ever hear the case challenging it.
4. If the POTUS does it, it's not a crime.
and
5. It's for National Security -- surely you don't want us giving our AI technology away to China without extracting something in return?
There are many ways to handle this -- just watch Faux News, if this ever rises above the threshold of the ambient craziness and becomes "newsworthy".
It is a bit unfortunate how much Trump gets a pass for not solid decision making.
e40•5mo ago