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Fool Me Once: Intel Took $8 Billion, Fired Workers, and Now Wants $10 Billion More

The White House plan to buy 10% stake of a private tech company to compete with China is corporate socialism dressed in stars and stripes.

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Aug 20, 2025
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On August 18, 2025, Bloomberg reported that the Trump White House is in talks to acquire a 10% non-voting equity stake in Intel, using up to $10 billion in public money. It’s being pitched as a bold move to reclaim American dominance in semiconductor manufacturing, a national security investment, a taxpayer bet on our own industrial future.

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