How exactly is that related to their point about nations moving to alternative supply chains away from US based ones? They're saying the administrations actions are counterproductive, and driving away both money and influence from their allies.

And yes, most consumer goods from everywhere come from a Chinese supply chain ... but we're not talking about consumer goods here. We're talking in this case about military purchases. There aren't many western countries buying military hardware from China.

Supply chains are not just components, but things like military planes. See referenced article.

Do you have a point?

Saying that products with US based supply chains are rare does not somehow detract from the point of moving away from the ones that still exist.

And they do exist, just not for consumers, or at least not at a price most people are willing to pay.

Maybe the insanely expensive ($400 +, for no good reason) kitchen mixers?

Though, one can buy inexpensive chinese ones if one knows where to look.

Guess the people writing on HN here don't have Mac's, iPhones or iPads or use whatever the watches are called.

The supply chain of relevance is the critical software, infrastructure to run it, and ability to remotely kill it if an ally stops being an ally.

Nobody cares if their dollar store trinket was made overseas. And nobody would buy it if it was made in America because that same trinket would cost 5x.

People barely even care about their privacy these days, it seems.

But governments still seem to care about their military independence in the rare event they are at odds with an ally.