In the high-stakes poker game of global technology, the best players know when to turn an opponent into an ally. While Silicon Valley giants chase the next quarterly earnings report and Washington bureaucrats shuffle papers, the real game unfolds in boardrooms where national destiny meets corporate survival. America’s semiconductor industry stands at such a crossroads.
For months, Intel has been hemorrhaging talent and capital, shedding over 20,000 workers while watching its stock price crater more than 60% from its peak. The Santa Clara giant that once defined American tech dominance found itself outmaneuvered by Asian competitors, its cutting-edge technology no longer cutting anything but losses. The company dropped $22 billion in value since late 2023, a staggering collapse for what was once America’s crown jewel of innovation.
The situation seemed to worsen when President Trump publicly demanded Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s resignation just two weeks ago, citing concerns about the Malaysian-born executive’s past Chinese investments. Critics saw chaos. The media—bless their hearts—predicted another corporate casualty of Trump’s aggressive style. Have they learned nothing?
From Conflict to Cooperation
What happened next exemplifies the Trump doctrine of negotiation: apply pressure, then offer partnership.
As a result, rather than resign, Tan went to the White House. Rather than capitulate, he negotiated. And instead of accepting the Biden administration’s approach of simply handing out taxpayer grants, Trump engineered something unprecedented.
From Truth Social:
It is my Great Honor to report that the United States of America now fully owns and controls 10% of INTEL, a Great American Company that has an even more incredible future.
I negotiated this Deal with Lip-Bu Tan, the Highly Respected Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The United States paid nothing for these Shares, and the Shares are now valued at approximately $11 Billion Dollars. This is a great Deal for America and, also, a great Deal for INTEL.
The numbers tell a remarkable story:
The U.S. government converted $11.1 billion in previously promised CHIPS Act funding and Defense Department pledges into 433.3 million shares of Intel stock at $20.47 per share. With Intel trading at $24.80, America already sits on a $1.9 billion paper gain.
Not a single new taxpayer dollar was spent, yet the United States now holds roughly 10% of a strategic technology company. Let that sink in for a moment. When’s the last time Washington got something for nothing?
A New Model for American Investment
This isn’t the government picking winners and losers; it’s America becoming a winner. Unlike the General Motors bailout that lost taxpayers $10 billion, or the endless subsidies that disappear into corporate coffers, this deal aligns incentives. When Intel succeeds, America profits. When American technology leads, taxpayers benefit.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick captured it perfectly: “America should get the benefit of the bargain.”
After decades of watching American innovation get outsourced to Taiwan and China, of depending on foreign factories for chips that power everything from smartphones to smart bombs, Trump has flipped the script. And honestly, it’ss about time someone did.
Here’s what the establishment doesn’t understand: The transformation of Lip-Bu Tan from target to partner reveals Trump’s strategic brilliance. Where others saw a conflicted CEO with foreign ties, Trump saw leverage. Where critics worried about government overreach, Trump secured passive ownership with no board seats, no voting rights—just upside.
Consider the broader pattern emerging, too:
Nvidia and AMD now pay 15% of their China revenues for export licenses, and Japan commits $550 billion in U.S. investments. One by one, Trump is restructuring America’s tech relationships from dependencies into partnerships, from costs into revenues. Now that is what many call “WINNING.”
Look, this Intel deal represents more than financial engineering—it’s a philosophical revolution. Why should taxpayers fund corporate welfare without participation in success? Why should America subsidize industries without securing strategic control? The old Republican establishment would have written blank checks and called it “free market.” Trump calls it what it is: bad business.
The poker hand has been played, and America just drew four aces.
Key Takeaways
• Trump converted Biden-era grants into 10% Intel ownership worth $11 billion
• America gained $1.9 billion on paper immediately with zero new spending
• The deal transforms government subsidies into profitable equity partnerships
• This marks a new model where taxpayers share in corporate success
Sources: The Daily Wire, Fortune, CNN
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