Why Is Trump Giving Up "AI Superiority?" | The Long Game

Описание: In this episode of The Long Game, Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer cover:
The fast-escalating U.S. pressure campaign against the Maduro regime in Venezuela — including the growing American military buildup and Trump’s post calling Venezuela a “foreign terrorist organization.”
President Trump’s decision to allow the sale of Nvidia’s advanced H200 AI chips to China — announced on the same day that the DOJ called the chip a cornerstone of “AI superiority.”
A Red Team/Blue Team exercise on the U.S.-backed peace proposal for the Ukraine–Russia war, with Jake and Jon stepping into the roles of advisers to Zelensky and Putin.

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Chapters:
00:00 — Venezuela: Maria Corina Machado, US military buildup & oil tanker seizure
06:00 — Motives: drugs vs. regime change and political drivers
17:01 — Military options (small, medium, large) & escalation risks
25:40 — Congressional authorization, legality & political constraints
28:50 — AI chips: the H200 announcement and policy context
31:37 — Case for selling chips to China (economic / industry arguments)
34:18 — Case against selling: DOJ warning, compute edge & national security risks
50:48 — Allies, ASML and downstream supply-chain implications
56:42 — Red Team / Blue Team: Ukraine deal — proposed terms & stakes
01:11:22 — Russia’s perspective: why Moscow might accept or reject