This executive order blatantly weaponizes “national security” to score political points, then abandons any real enforcement the moment it becomes inconvenient. It trades genuine data privacy concerns for an orchestrated pause so the administration can rebrand itself as a white knight, conveniently glossing over the fact that it pushed for the ban in the first place. By deferring penalties but keeping the narrative of a looming threat, the administration trivializes both the legislative process and the intelligence community’s warnings, eroding public trust in any serious claim of foreign interference. This hollow posturing reveals a government more committed to political theater than to ensuring the genuine safety and rights of its citizens.
