Intel shares were gaining, as CEO Lip-Bu Tan appears to be out of President Donald Trump’s firing line. But there’s a bigger prize to be won.

Intel shares rallied after President Trump said he had met with the embattled chip maker's chief executive. The president said Monday's meeting, also attended by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent,

Just days ago, Trump called for Lip-Bu Tan’s firing. Now he’s praising the Intel CEO’s ‘amazing’ success story, suggesting that tensions are easing.