Intel meeting with Trump turned into a really awkward infomercial

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Chip tech big Intel held a press convention with Donald Trump Wednesday, however as an alternative of simply the standard photograph op and fast announcement about jobs and innovation, this assembly awkwardly veered into infomercial territory.

It began sometimes sufficient with the corporate's CEO Brian Krzanich saying a serious push for U.S.-based jobs with a $7 billion funding in an Arizona manufacturing unit. However then Trump pressured him into displaying off and speaking up the corporate's latest know-how.

With the information of some three,000 excessive tech jobs and hundreds of different help jobs out of the best way, issues might then shift into full-on infomercial. Pushed by Trump, who thickly doled out the reward for Intel, Krzanich ended up on digital camera holding up his shiny gold wafer, or silicon chip.

Individuals on Twitter shortly picked up on the infomercial vibe within the White Home.

 In true Trump style, he rounded out the enterprise meeting-turned-marketing alternative with a tweet.

Oddly sufficient, Intel was one of many 100 or so corporations who filed a brief opposing the president's journey restrictions for immigrants from seven Muslim-majority nations.

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