President Donald Trump expressed sympathy to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang after Huang admitted to an extramarital affair with a woman alleged by the United States to be a Chinese spy.
“If there is a problem, we’ll let you know about it,” Trump told reporters during an impromptu White House press briefing on Monday with UFC CEO Dana White. “But I hope there’s no problem. I believe he’s suffering greatly. I read his statement, and I believe he’s suffering greatly, more so because of his family, his wife, who he loves, and his family. But he is definitely suffering.”
Trump said he spoke with Huang on Monday and relayed to reporters that Huang said he did not know the woman was suspected of being a spy. He also said the FBI is investigating Huang and his relations to the suspected Chinese spy.
Huang last weekend admitted to an affair after images emerged of him and Alice Huang, a Chinese foreign national who is of no relation, in Taiwan.
American intelligence found Alice Huang was providing Beijing with information about American artificial intelligence.
“I was unfaithful to my wife,” he told his employees. “My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did.”
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The pair met when Alice Huang’s Singapore-based company bought some of Nvidia’s advanced chips.
Trump and Jensen Huang have a close relationship, with the CEO becoming an important adviser on AI, despite his position that his company should be permitted to sell its advanced chips to China, which is at odds with U.S. policy.