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The Jen-Sun Huang controversy has affected the American political arena. The White House is rumored to have discussed ousting Commerce Secretary Lutnick, but Trump still supports it; Congress is preparing to investigate Huida’s responsibility for Chinese chip exports and government supervision.
CEO of Nvidia (also known as Nvidia)Jen-Hsun Huang Involved in extramarital affairs, one of the partners is suspected by the United States of being Chinesedetective announced his resignation from the post of CEO on the 12th. People familiar with the matter told Reuters that senior White House officials are discussing whether to force Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to step down, but Axios reported that,trump Still have full confidence in him.
Reuters reported that Lutnick had been criticized long before Huang Renxun resigned. As the controversy escalated, he was also questioned for allegedly not adequately restricting the shipment of AI chips to China. More and more members of Congress are criticizing him for a number of reasons, including the Trump administration’s refusal to add dozens of Chinese companies to major US trade blacklists and whether the government is properly monitoring Huida’s exports to China.
Axios reported that some within the Trump administration believed Lutnick was delaying action to address concerns about chip smuggling in China, but the White House chose to support it nonetheless. A White House official said Lutnick was a staunch promoter of Trump’s “America First” trade and tariff policies, which led to nearly 20 fair trade agreements and trillions of dollars of investment in manufacturing. He stressed: “President Trump still has full confidence in Secretary Lutnick and his ability to fulfill his duties and become the most transformational Commerce Secretary in modern American history.”
Axios first reported that Lutnick had received intelligence about Huang’s ties to suspected Chinese spy Huang Le, and that he had repeatedly failed to enact export control measures despite pressure from within the Trump administration and from Trump himself. The Commerce Department has not officially confirmed whether Lutnick saw the memo, but a senior administration official told Axios: “There is no way that Lutnick was unaware of the memo.” Another official said the commerce department might have received the memo. “That’s the purpose of the memo. It talks about chips, and commerce is responsible for chips.”
Congress is now preparing to seek accountability, in hopes of clarifying what actions the Trump administration took or failed to take after receiving information about Huang and Huang Le. The Financial Times reported that angry Republican lawmakers asked Lutnick to testify before Congress on the 12th, while Democrats asked him to retain relevant documents for the investigation.
Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is expected to become the next chair of the Senate Banking Committee, issued a statement saying Lutnick and Commerce Under Secretary Jeffrey Kessler must explain why the export control loopholes have not yet been closed and take immediate action to ensure that American advanced technology does not contribute to China’s military power.
“Huida CEO Jen-Hsun Huang’s decision to resign does not absolve him, other senior executives, or the company from responsibility for any actions that threaten our national security or violate our country’s laws,” Warren said.
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Because one of the subjects was suspected by the United States of being a Chinese spy, the incident involved not only personal scandals, but also chip exports, national security, and China policy, causing both the White House and Congress to launch investigations into related responsibilities.
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Reuters said senior White House officials had discussed whether to oust Lutnick, but Axios reported that Trump still fully trusts him and considers him a key figure in promoting U.S. priority trade and tariff policies.
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Congress wants to find out what actions the government took after receiving information about Huang Jen-hsun and Huang Le and whether export controls were violated; Republicans want him to testify, while Democrats want the documents preserved for the investigation.
