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Here’s what Trump said he knew about Jensen Huang

| Getty Images President Trump held a White House press briefing earlier today and responded to several questions about his knowledge of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair with an alleged Chinese spy.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 3 sources•2 min read•Updated November 10, 2026, 6:01 AM UTC
Key points
  • A former state media editor cast the controversy as “a calculated move by the Democratic Party and the US establishment to take down Jensen Huang, and by extension, go after Trump,” while netizens accused American media of smearing Alice Huang, the Chinese executive suspected of working on behalf of the Ministry of State Security.
  • “What a win for the MSS,” China watcher Bill Bishop wrote, “to have such access to the head of the most important company in the world, and to now get to watch as politicians and shorts attack him and Nvidia.” — Brendan Ruberry.
  • Beijing dismissed allegations it spied on Nvidia’s CEO as “ smears against China,” as the scandal threatened bilateral ties ahead of next week’s Trump-Xi meeting.

In October, The New York Times reported that Trump had been briefed "roughly a year ago" on intelligence that Huang and the alleged spy, Alice Huang, ha … Read the full story at The Verge.

Additional details
  • Huang, who is now being investigated over an affair with an alleged Chinese spy, is far more important to the future of the world order than other tech bosses.
  • This is why, as both cofounder and longtime CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang would be a valuable target for a foreign adversary with sig … Read the full story at The Verge.
  • Nvidia has also been an influential investor in a wide range of up-and-coming AI companies in recent years, with about $99 billion worth of equity investments in frontier AI labs, neoclouds, infrastructure companies, and more.
  • Huang said this weekend that he had been "​​unfaithful" to his wife, and the company has opened an investigation into Huang.
  • The company's chips are the bedrock upon which advanced AI technology in the US is being built, and demand has consistently outpaced supply for years.

How this summary was made: extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting. It is drawn only from the reporting of the sources listed below — read the originals for full detail. How we summarize →

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BBC BusinessNovember 10, 2026, 6:01 AM UTC → The VergeNovember 9, 2026, 11:51 PM UTC → The VergeNovember 9, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC → SemaforNovember 9, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC →

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