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The New York Times reported that Trump was twice briefed on intelligence reports that Jen-Hsun Huang was suspected of being contacted by Chinese spies, but his attitude was cool; The incident also drew renewed attention to Huida’s controversy over mid-to-high-end chip sales.
President of the United Statestrump (Donald Trump) said yesterday that he did not know about the CEO of Huida before the Trump-Xi meeting.Jen-Hsun Huang China suspectsdetective near. The New York Times reported today, citing unnamed officials, that Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed him about Air Force One during a visit to China in May, but Trump had no specific reaction.
At an impromptu press conference on the 9th, US President Trump pointed out that NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang was suspected of having close ties to Chinese spies. He told that when he met Chinese President Xi Jinping in May, he did not know anything about this matter.
The New York Times, citing people familiar with the matter, said on the 10th that Secretary of State and White House national security adviser Rubio delivered a message to Trump shortly after Huang was temporarily invited to board the plane to Anchorage, Alaska. This is at least the second time in seven months that Trump has received relevant intelligence.
People familiar with the matter revealed that Rubio was responsible for drafting the memo on the incident, and the document was circulated only among a few senior officials. The memo was not provided to Trump for reference and was not shown to him on Air Force One.
The unnamed official said Rubio informed Trump about the incident as soon as he learned Huang would be boarding the plane to join the visiting delegation. But Trump did not seem particularly impressed by this message. Huang met Trump briefly after boarding the plane and then remained isolated from officials in a section of the cabin throughout the flight, officials said.
The New York Times reported that it remains to be clarified whether the memo proposed by Rubio this spring is the reason why Huang Renxun was excluded from the list of US business leaders.
Trump was considering whether to open up Huida’s high-end artificial intelligence chip portfolio, Blackwell, to China. At the time, many cabinet officials opposed it, but Huang and several technology industry executives supported the inauguration. The US government did not agree, but later allowed the sale of lower-end H200 chip packages.
Neither the White House nor the State Department responded to the New York Times report.
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The New York Times reported that Secretary of State Rubio briefed Trump before and after his visit to China in May. Trump heard the relevant information for at least the second time in seven months; But at that time he did not seem particularly worried.
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Reports claimed that Rubio prepared a memo on the incident, which was circulated only among a few senior officials and did not provide for Trump’s reference. Rubio also told this to Trump after temporarily boarding the plane to join Huang’s visiting delegation.
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As Trump was considering whether to release Huida’s high-end Blackwell chips, several Cabinet officials opposed it. In the end, the United States did not agree, but later allowed the sale of lower-end H200 chip packages.
