Selling H200 chips to China is a colossal national security failure that hands Beijing the exact technology needed for artificial intelligence and military superiority. The Justice Department shut down smuggling networks for these same chips on the very day the administration approved their sale. This reckless decision squanders America's primary advantage in the AI race for short-term profits.

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