He's playing checkers while Sam plays chess, and he's been outmanuevered at every step here.
Merits aside, of course.
B. Anthropic said they'll challenge the government action in court, and the analysis I've found is that the government's actions "won't survive first contact with the legal system" [1], so there’s also the question of whether leaders should take different actions in order to account for government actions that are almost certainly illegal?
[1] https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/pentagon%27s-anthropic-...