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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Shrugs Off Suspected Chinese Spy, Kept Chips Flowing, Then Bought Nvidia Stock

Trump backed Jensen Huang Sunday. The chips still reach China through Malaysia and the Gulf, and the president bought Nvidia stock months after the Times says he was briefed.

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Zev Shalev
Nov 09, 2026
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Jensen Huang wrote to his employees Sunday. "I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did." Alice Huang is a Chinese businesswoman whose Singapore company bought Nvidia's chips, the Times and the Financial Times reported. U.S. intelligence found China's top intelligence agency had recruited her to spy.

Hours later Donald Trump told reporters Huang was a "fine person" who should stay at Nvidia, "an honorable guy" he would support bringing on his coming trip through Asia. The Times says Trump got the intelligence about a year ago. Asked if he wished he had acted on it, he said: "no, I don't think so."

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