<ul><li>Intel’s half-built Ohio campus and Nvidia’s US supercomputer plan demonstrate the different approaches of Joe Biden and Donald Trump in the search for homegrown tech dominance.</li><li>Biden relied on institutions, grants, and investment incentives, while Trump preferred court politics, flattery, and tariff threats.</li><li>The industrial strategy is now driven by presidential menace rather than policy.</li><li>The US may still dominate in areas such as AI and biotech, but the country is on the defensive, onshoring production and securing chokepoints in supply chains.</li></ul>

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