How a Silicon Valley dealmaker charmed Trump and gave Intel a lifeline

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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 24 (Reuters) – It was a Thursday before dawn in Silicon Valley when Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan found himself under attack by the president of the United States. “The CEO of INTEL is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately,” U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform at 4:39 AM Pacific Time on August 7. Before he was Intel CEO, Tan had been a prolific investor in companies in China. Sign up here. Politics was not Tan’s top priority. It had been more than 20 years since Tan, 66, had donated to a presidential election…