Trump’s demand came after a US senator highlighted national security concerns over the CEO’s links to firms in China
“The CEO of Intel is highly conflicted and must resign, immediately. There is no other solution to this problem,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, a day after Senator Tom Cotton said he had written to Intel questioning ties between CEO Lip-Bu Tan and Chinese firms.
Tan “reportedly controls dozens of Chinese companies and has a stake in hundreds of Chinese advanced-manufacturing and chip firms. At least eight of these companies reportedly have ties to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army”, Cotton wrote in his letter, a copy of which he posted on his website.
Cotton also noted Tan’s role as the previous head of Cadence Design Systems, which he said recently “pleaded guilty to illegally selling its products to a Chinese military university and transferring its technology to an associated Chinese semiconductor company without obtaining licences”.
Tan was head of the company at that time, Cotton said.
