No Stupid Administration
The situation described has existed for at least 50 years, the NSA was originally given the requirement of observing all non-American citizens and monitoring their conversations with anyone (including American citizens) to detect any anti-American actions. This was never political, just a result of the cold war issues. As an English citizen I have lived in the US for 45 years and have always accepted that this might be happening but I have never seen any problems and all of the Americans I have communicated with (including my wife LOL) have never had any issues. I have always been working in the American health industry so I have no stupidity that they might monitor although my company had sold a few products to Russia, China and other counties too ... but only to help physicians and physical therapists do a good job.
Most likely I have been monitored but I have never had any problems. Why did I move to America? - I have always loved Jazz, Blues, The Grateful Dead and was so happy to be able to go and see Allen Toussaint performing wonderfully!
I expect that every country in the world has the ability to monitor local foreign interactions, but most of them just "do it" without ever describing it. This "incident" looks like the White House just acting sensibly (continuing a traditional non-political action) to separate "safety" from "politics"