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[MCU] Why was the government mad at Tony Stark in Iron Man 2?

In IM2 the government wants Tony's armor, and Tony doesn't want to give it to them. One of the arguments he makes is that no one would have the resources and the knowledge to build an armor like his for the next 15 years. But after Whiplash attacks Tony in Monaco, everyone is like "Tony, you said no one would have armors like yours for the next decade, but these armors exist now". Bruh... The Whiplash equipment is clearly not on the same level as the Iron Man armor. It can't even fly. It didn't even have a helmet, Vanko could have been killed by a regular sniper. Tony didn't lie. He said no one would be able to build an armor like his, and he was clearly right!
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Vanko built that in a garage. 

With a box of scraps. 

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He was able to build something that could take on two of Tony's armors at the same time within only a couple of months once he had the resources. 

The only hurdle to building an Iron Man-esque armor if you have the basic idea is miniaturizing the Arc Reactor. Literally any competent robotics expert could build a functional facsimile of Iron man (minus repulsors) once they had a Mini Arc. Whiplash overcame this hurdle under much the same conditions that Tony did. It wasn't a *completely* baseless problem the Government had. 

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That said, they wanted his suit because it was a weapon, plain and simple. Everything else was just an excuse to try and take it.