President Donald Trump on Friday announced the U.S. government has secured a 10% stake in struggling Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in a deal completed just a couple weeks after he depicted the

By Jaspreet Singh, Max A. Cherney and Sayantani Ghosh SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is injecting nearly $9 billion into Intel in exchange for a 9.9% equity stake. But the money - which the struggling chipmaker was slated to receive anyway under a federal funding act - will not be enough for its contract-chipmaking business to flourish,

Intel's statement followed remarks from Trump that Washington would gain a direct stake in the chipmaker under a new agreement.

President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. government had reached a deal to take a 10 percent equity stake in the chipmaker Intel, worth approximately $10 billion. “I said, I think it would be good having the United States as your partner,” Trump said Friday at the White House. “ [CEO Lip-Bu Tan] agreed, and they’ve agreed to do it.”

President Donald Trump said on Friday the U.S. would take a 10% stake in Intel under a deal with the struggling chipmaker that converts government grants into an equity share, the latest extraordinary intervention by the White House in corporate America.

The U.S. government has taken a 10% stake in struggling U.S. chipmaker Intel, President Donald Trump announced in a social media post.

While Intel says the government is making an “$8.9 billion investment in Intel common stock,” the administration does not appear to be committing new funds.

Intel shares were up about 6% on the day, adding to earlier gains after reports that President Trump is set to announce the U.S. government is taking a nearly 10% stake in troubled chipmaker. The investment would cap a two-week frenzy in Washington over the future of the company.