Quite ironically the only move at movement level from one side has done was the US imposing tariffs on miners, which was actually limited let's call it "American" influence in the game.
I'm sorry bro but we all seen in the past 30 years how American influence looks like. I consider every single American citizen a threat to humanity and so to the Bitcoin Core.
People have to be vetted, they connections checked twice a year to keep working on Bitcoin Core. To advocate for the interest of any USA based for-profit corporation is unacceptable, gmaxwell said it himself, taproot originates from Blockstream and so it is a threat which must be mitigated.