Trump Urged Nvidia CEO to Fight for His Job Before Exit

President Trump called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Tuesday and urged him to fight to keep his job, according to two people briefed on the conversation, just before Huang stepped down amid a spy scandal. The call continued Trump’s pattern of backing Huang, a prominent AI adviser, despite U.S. intelligence concluding Huang had an affair with a woman believed to be a Chinese spy. Nvidia announced Thursday that Huang was replaced as chief executive following revelations of that affair and another with an employee. Trump had been warned at least twice about Huang’s relationship with a Chinese citizen, but took no action and brought Huang on a trip to China in May. On Thursday, Trump publicly praised Huang as a “legend.”