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

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
November 12, 2026 • 09:00 AM
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The bromance that once insulated the billionaire Nvidia co-founder from proper scrutiny is rapidly losing its protective power.

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

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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