BeetleB a day ago

The US government is paying about $9B to Intel for this (on top of the $2B already paid).

  • russellbeattie 3 hours ago

    > "About $7.8 billion had been been pledged to Intel under the incentives program, but only $2.2 billion had been funded so far. Another $3.2 billion of the government investment is coming through the funds from another program called “Secure Enclave.”"

    The funds were already going to Intel. Trump just decided to demand 10% of the company for the already earmarked incentive programs. It was pure extortion.