The article does, in fact. Their US made phone is manufactured, not just assembled, in the United States, and also attempts to source nearly all parts and materials from US suppliers as well.
Yes, and article starts out by definining manufacture as "assembly using more advanced tools than a screwdriver". They solder. Good for them. They keep mentioning that their resistors are made in the US. That's great, but not unique to them.
They don't manufacture their important components. Not even Apple does that. No one does. There is roughly zero chance that any of the non-interchangable bits, the SoC, the battery or the screen, is manufactured in the US.
And there is nothing wrong with that. It's just silly to pretend otherwise.
As I read that, "more than a screwdriver" was to make a point about how hard it is to even fulfill the requirements for "assembled in the USA". "Made in the USA" is even stricter. And they were going beyond that and claiming secure supply chains with western distribution. It did seem a little like a marketing pitch since it focused on what they did versus what the final gap really was, but apparently they sell it to the govt for that big markup. Presumably you don't want to try and sneak things past such a customer.
If you're just thinking of price, the farther down the supply chain you go the less impact of tariffs.
I mean, again, you could essentially just post FUD that is directly refuted in the article, or you could... look. They specifically cite their NXP CPU is manufactured in South Korea. But to act like fabricating the mainboard here in the US is not manufacturing is remarkably silly. Your previous post referred to "final assembly", which would suggest just plugging some final components together, which Purism clearly is doing significantly more than.
The article does, in fact. Their US made phone is manufactured, not just assembled, in the United States, and also attempts to source nearly all parts and materials from US suppliers as well.