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,

Intel (INTC) stock jumped more than 3% in premarket trading on Tuesday after CEO Lip-Bu Tan met with President Trump, who had called for Tan's resignation last week. After the meeting, Trump posted to Truth Social that he had met with Tan along with Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent.