justifications

The chips will enable autonomous weapons systems, intelligence surveillance platforms, and rapid advances in battlefield decision-making, directly undermining the national security justifications for the original export restrictions.

Of course those aren’t necessarily the official justifications, or not in every case — but who are we kidding?

However, the plans were heavily criticised by groups who called the environmental justifications for the plans as "hopeful marketing spin".

One of the justifications for his tariffs is to address that imbalance by curbing imports and forcing other countries to lower their own barriers to US goods.

He has also given other justifications for the tariffs, including that he is trying to exert pressure on his neighbours to curb illegal shipments of fentanyl into the US.