While Lip-Bu Tan has drawn the president’s ire for his links to China, Intel also recently hinted it could scale back its manufacturing ambitions, which may not be sitting well with Trump.

A change in leadership could pile pressure on the company as it pushes through a major strategic reset that Lip-Bu Tan started.

President Donald Trump demanded the resignation of Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan on Thursday. It's an exceedingly rare move—a U.S. president calling on a private sector executive to pack up their office—but it has happened before.