The U.S. government aims to take an equity stake in Intel, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Tuesday morning.“We should get an equity stake for our money, so we’ll deliver the money which was already committed under the Biden administration,

The Trump administration wants U.S. chipmaker Intel to give the federal government an equity stake to receive $8 billion via the CHIPS and Science Act.

The Trump administration is reportedly considering taking an equity stake in Intel (INTC) and other chipmakers. TECHnalysis Research chief analyst Bob O’Donnell and Yale School of Management lecturer Gautam Mukunda discuss how the US hypothetical government's investment in the US chip industry makes sense.