The U.S. stake in Intel does not amount to a complete government takeover. While the federal government has assumed total control of private corporations before, such incidents have usually arrived during times of crisis — and not with the direct intention of attempting to play the markets.

Intel shares will be bought with the $5.7 billion in unpaid grants from the Biden-era CHIPS Act and $3.2 billion awarded to Intel for the Secure Enclave program, also given under

The U.S. government will strike more deals like the one with Intel that saw the Trump administration take a stake in the chip maker, President Donald Trump s