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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Niloy Chakrabarti

Trump Turns Uncle Sam Into a Shareholder: Inside His Shock $11B Intel Stake and the Companies Next on His List

The Trump Administration is eyeing companies it deems important to national security. (Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump is reshaping many aspects of how the US government typically works. In recent months, Trump and his cabinet have been aggressively pursuing equity stakes in private US firms they deem important to national security.

Despite mounting criticism of his industrial policy, Trump continues to defend his decision and has emphasised that he wants 'to get as much' as possible. 'You have stupid people say, "That's a shame. "It's not a shame, that's called business,' Trump had stated in late August.

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