Donald Trump asked his confidants what would happen to the markets if Nvidia's board removed Jensen Huang. He was worried about a sharp downturn, The New York Times reported.
On Tuesday he called Huang himself. Trump urged him to keep fighting for his job, the Times reported, citing two people briefed on the conversation. The White House did not answer the paper's questions about the call. Trump said on a podcast that he spoke to Huang on Wednesday.
Huang resigned Thursday.
Trump had been warned at least twice, late last year and again this spring, that Alice Huang, the woman Jensen Huang was seeing, was a suspected Chinese agent. He took no action either time, the Times reported.
On the day Jensen Huang left, the administration's account of her changed.
