Trump says Apple agreed to work with Intel to design and make chips in the United States

U.S. President Donald Trump said Apple has agreed to work with Intel to design and build Apple’s chips in the United States, according to a post on Truth Social that was reported by Yahoo Finance on June 18, 2026.

In the same report, Intel was described as having reached a preliminary deal to manufacture some chips. The announcement, as characterized in the post, frames the effort as a domestic manufacturing initiative rather than a purely software or design change.

Apple’s statement, if any, beyond what was attributed in the post was not included in the reported excerpt. The report centers on the president’s claim that Apple agreed to the collaboration, without providing additional documentation such as a contract, timeline, or regulatory filings that would confirm operational details.

Intel, whose manufacturing business has been reshaped over the past several years as it seeks customers for chip production, would face substantial execution questions if it is to build chips for a major buyer at scale. Chip manufacturing requires not only capacity, but also long lead-time process readiness and yield stability, items that typically depend on detailed site-by-site and product-by-product planning.

For Apple, custom silicon is a strategic lever for performance, power efficiency, and product integration. However, the reported post did not specify which chips would be in scope, whether the work would involve new manufacturing steps at Intel facilities, or how long it would take to shift production domestically.

Industry observers typically view proposals like domestic chip manufacturing through two lenses: industrial policy goals and supply chain resilience. A domestic manufacturing arrangement can reduce exposure to overseas geopolitical disruptions and shipping constraints, but it also increases reliance on U.S. fabrication ecosystems, equipment lead times, and skilled manufacturing capacity.

The uncertainty in this case is material. As reported, key specifics are not disclosed, including which Apple chip families would be manufactured, what portion of production would move to the United States, whether Intel would act as the primary foundry or as a supporting manufacturing partner, and whether Apple would provide design transfers or technical commitments as part of the arrangement.