As Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang acknowledged he had an affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy, U.S. President Donald Trump defended Huang as a “fine person.”
On the 8th (local time), speaking to reporters at the airport in Palm Beach, Florida, on his way back to the White House, President Trump said of the affair, “I have not spoken with him (about that),” and offered his comments.
He added, “I know he’s a fine person. But nobody really knows what’s going on,” and said, “I hope it all works out. He’s done amazing things, so I think he’s certainly a fine person.” He went on, “He (Jensen Huang) is an honorable person,” adding, “I need to hear directly (what happened).”
When asked whether he would bring Huang along on his mid-month trip to the Philippines and China, Trump said, “I don’t know, but I would certainly take him,” adding, “I haven’t heard that he did anything wrong.”
Earlier that day, Huang acknowledged the affair with the woman in an internal email. Nvidia’s board also issued an official statement saying it had launched an independent probe into recent reports that Huang was targeted by Chinese intelligence, while adding, “We have no basis to believe that Nvidia’s confidential information, rather than national security, was compromised.”
Meanwhile, President Trump said he would hold a three-way summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ meeting in Shenzhen, China. He said, “If the three-way summit comes together, it would be quite interesting,” adding, “We plan to discuss a wide range of topics, including denuclearization.”
