Chipmaker Intel is the latest tech company facing political pressure from President Trump.
On Thursday, Trump called for the immediate resignation of Intel Chief Executive Lip-Bu Tan, who took the helm in March to turn around the beleaguered chipmaker.
“The CEO of INTEL is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately. There is no other solution to this problem. Thank you for your attention to this problem!,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post .
Trump didn’t say what the conflicts were in his post, but his remarks came after Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton sent a letter to Intel’s board, expressing national security concerns about Tan’s reported ties to Chinese companies. Cotton cited a report from Reuters that said Tan has invested in more than 600 Chinese firms and some of th