while I wish I could wholeheartedly agree, the language is very specific that Nexus members have ‘Global Entry benefits’ and not they are officially members of the program.

While I agree that in practice until now, it’s meant exactly the same thing, and that IMO, it should, if there was ever a time when officials will parse the language to change what that means (negatively), it’s now. While I really hope nothing changes, there is very little in relation to the US government right now that gives me confidence that this won’t change on a moments notice - potentially multiple times very quickly. Again, I really hope nothing changes, but let’s not pretend that things aren’t changing on a whim right now.