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Trump and the tech bros can’t shield Jensen Huang forever

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
November 10, 2026 • 05:00 AM
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The US president and tech community need the Nvidia boss to keep the AI boom going. But he is likely to face a firestorm that will last for the next 12 months.

Trump and the tech bros can’t shield Jensen Huang forever

US President Donald Trump is treading an incredible – and incredibly dangerous – line when it comes to his defence of Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, who appears to have fallen for a classic honey trap after having an affair with an alleged Chinese spy.

On Monday night, after Nvidia shares had fallen 4.3 per cent on Wall Street, Trump repeated his assertion that Huang is an honourable man and a great American entrepreneur, and said he’d called Huang to check in on him after he admitted his affair with Alice Huang (no relation) to the world.

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