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Trump backs Huang and says he should stay at Nvidia

Donald Trump expressed his support on Sunday for Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, and said he should stay in his post.

--- The context --- The chief executive and founder of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, is under an independent investigation opened by the company's own board of directors. The inquiry seeks to determine whether its top executive has been the target of a foreign intelligence operation, after Huang admitted having had an extramarital relationship with a businesswoman investigated for alleged espionage links to China. --- The facts --- The president of the United States, Donald Trump, expressed his support for Huang on Sunday and said he should remain in his post at the head of the company. Asked explicitly by journalists, before returning to Washington, whether Huang should continue leading the semiconductor multinational, the president answered affirmatively and said that is what he believes. Trump said he has not spoken with Huang about this matter and that he only knows he is a good person, although he added that one never knows what is happening. The businesswoman linked to the case is Alice Huang, based in Singapore, whose company acquired advanced microchips from Nvidia and who was under surveillance by United States intelligence services for her alleged links to Beijing espionage. --- The positions --- The presidential backing comes while the board keeps its independent investigation open, with no known conclusions so far. Huang himself acknowledged internally that he had been unfaithful to his family, and the company clarified that it has no indications that corporate secrets or national security were compromised. That distinction between the admitted personal conduct and possible institutional harm is the core of the case. From a corporate governance perspective, the episode demands full scrutiny, because a strategic semiconductor company cannot leave unverified a possible foreign intelligence channel at its top. Confidence in the company depends on the investigation moving forward independently and on its findings becoming clearly known. --- What remains unknown --- The scope and timetable of the independent investigation announced by the board are still unknown. It is also unknown whether the review will find any indication contradicting the company's clarification about corporate secrets and national security. The source provides no intelligence conclusions and does not detail what is known about the alleged links attributed to the businesswoman under investigation. --- Unanswered questions --- Will the independent investigation determine whether Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence operation? Will any indication emerge that corporate secrets or national security were compromised, contrary to what the company clarified? Will Huang ultimately join Trump in the delegation for his next trip to Asia this month? --- EPM analysis --- The case combines an admitted personal matter, an espionage suspicion still in the realm of the alleged, and the leadership of a company central to the semiconductor sector. Trump, asked whether he is considering including Huang in the delegation for his next trip to Asia this month, said he does not know whether he will attend but would have no objection to taking him along, and stressed that he has not heard that he did anything wrong. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, Trump's backing does not replace the verification the board promised, because the underlying question concerns national security and governance, not personal sympathy. Huang admitted the relationship and the company denies indications of harm, but both can be true without closing the case. Only an independent investigation with clear findings will separate private conduct from institutional risk and give the company and its shareholders the full certainty that it still completely lacks today at this stage of the process now underway.
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