PHOENIX — President Donald Trump is getting clobbered from the left and the right for his decision to acquire a 10% stake in beleaguered chip maker Intel with $8.9 billion in taxpayer dollars.

But he does have the support of the most progressive member of Congress, Democratic Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

"If microchip companies make a profit from the generous grants they receive from the federal government, the taxpayers of America have a right to a reasonable return on that investment," Sanders told NatSecDaily.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Trump's leading critic among Democrats, hailed "Chairman Trump."

On the right, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul seemed to agree with Newsom.

Conservative economist and Trump ally Larry Kudlow was "very, very uncomfortable" with the agreement.

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