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State dinners to scrutiny: Huang now on the nose in Trump’s Washington

Published by Australian Financial Review · Australia 9 h ago
Jensen Huang has praised Trump for his “genius”, and Nvidia last year donated $US25 million to the president’s pet ballroom project. AP
Jensen Huang has praised Trump for his “genius”, and Nvidia last year donated $US25 million to the president’s pet ballroom project. AP · Australian Financial Review

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The bromance that once insulated the billionaire Nvidia co-founder from proper scrutiny is rapidly losing its protective power.

For almost two years, Donald Trump has swooned over “the great Jensen Huang”, lauding the Nvidia chief at glitzy White House dinners and allowing him to mould much of his administration’s artificial intelligence agenda.

But after a week in which the president was rebuked by US voters and Huang admitted to an affair with a suspected Chinese spy, the bromance that once insulated the billionaire Nvidia co-founder is rapidly losing its protective power.

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