Trump’s ties to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in the spotlight

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Trump’s ties to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang are under scrutiny after revelations about Huang’s affair and an FBI probe. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Trump said on Nov 9 the Nvidia CEO told him he had no idea that the woman was a spy and that Trump believed the CEO.

US President Donald Trump’s close ties with Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang ​have come under renewed scrutiny after revelations about the billionaire executive’s affair with a Chinese businesswoman alleged to be a spy for Beijing.

Trump said on Nov 9 he was “amazed” after the revelations concerning one of his closest allies in Silicon Valley, who also faces a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe as well as a board meeting to decide his future.

Over the past two years, Huang has voiced support for the Trump administration’s AI agenda and met the Republican leader many times as Nvidia sought to sell advanced chips to the Chinese market and lobbied for looser restrictions on Chinese access to Nvidia’s sophisticated AI chips.

Democratic and Republican lawmakers have called for a halt to exports of advanced AI chips to China. Huang and the White House have argued that continuing US sales to China would keep Chinese customers reliant on US technology.

Here is a timeline of some publicly known interactions and meetings between the Nvidia CEO and Trump since the Republican leader returned to the White House in January 2025:

Trump met the Nvidia boss during the first month of his return to the White House, describing the interaction as a good meeting.

The Nvidia CEO met Trump at the White House before Huang’s visit to China.

Later in July, Trump gave a shout-out to Huang as he spoke and signed executive orders at an artificial intelligence summit.

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