I will add the following:

US was looking at this before Trump took office (Dec 2024)

https://www.itpro.com/security/the-us-could-be-set-to-ban-tp-link-routers

TP Link's sloppy security lead to the creation of a Chinese botnet.

https://cybernews.com/security/chinese-hackers-hijacked-thousands-of-tp-link-wifi-routers/