The directive loosely defines "catastrophic emergency" as "any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or government functions."

This is my favorite bit.

Because we have taken severe damage (more than half of the country lost trust in the election) and we have had our entire infrastructure disrupted by the Solar Winds hack.

Additionally, our economy has suffered major setbacks, with thousands or tens of thousands of businesses completely destroyed.