Even if that were remotely likely it would make no sense.
Why would they ask to put half the country to a standstill because a foreign threat actor might have control of the system and might put half the country to a standstill?
It would if an attack was already underway or was planned to execute in very short order. It’s also possible that Crowdstrike wasn’t the issue, but rather the solution. If you find out the bomb is set to go off at noon on July 19 and you can’t easily patch it, you just shut the whole thing down for a day.
It’s an action plot from a movie. Improbable, but not impossible. I don’t think our government is nearly that competent, but who knows.
Because it would be completely implausible for the foreign actor to want to put half the country to a stand-still. They'd likely do their very best to use this zero-day to gain even further footing in backdooring as much machines as they can.
Why would they ask to put half the country to a standstill because a foreign threat actor might have control of the system and might put half the country to a standstill?