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Trump Had Urged Nvidia’s Jensen Huang to Fight for His Job
The New York Times • • business
Key Points:
- President Trump called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang before Huang stepped down amid a spy scandal, urging him to fight to keep his job.
- Huang resigned following revelations of an affair with a woman suspected to be a Chinese spy, as well as another affair with an employee.
- Despite warnings from U.S. intelligence agencies about Huang’s relationship with the suspected spy, Trump continued to support Huang publicly and privately.
- Huang was a key figure in Nvidia’s rise as a leading supplier of AI chips and had become an influential adviser on artificial intelligence to Trump.
- The White House and representatives for Huang declined to comment on the call or the scandal.
