GOP politicians including President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno mounted pressure Thursday on Intel by calling for CEO Lip-Bu Tan to resign.
Trump demanded Tan resign over his alleged financial ties to the Chinese Communist Party and its military arm, first documented by Reuters.
“The CEO of INTEL is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately. There is no other solution to this problem,” Trump wrote in a post to his own Truth Social platform.
It’s the latest quarrel between the party in power and Intel, which has gotten federal and state grants for its under-construction Ohio project, among others across the country. Earlier this year, Trump suggested Congress roll back the CHIPS and Science Act, of which Intel is one of the biggest benefactors.
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