Back to Latest SignalTECHMEME / PRODUCT

Sources: President Trump urged Jensen Huang to keep fighting for his job in a Tuesday call; aides say Trump saw the company as essentially too big to fail (New York Times)

Source: TECHMEME · NOV 12, 2026

New York Times : Sources: President Trump urged Jensen Huang to keep fighting for his job in a Tuesday call; aides say Trump saw the company as essentially too big to fail — The president called the Nvidia chief on Tuesday, continuing a pattern of supporting him even as the spy scandal was intensifying.

Sources

  • Read the original at TECHMEME

On Bluesky

  • Trump Urged Nvidia Chief Jensen Huang to Fight for His Job — President Trump urged Jensen Huang to keep fighting for his position during a call on Tuesday, according to people familiar with the conversation. Aides said Trump viewed Nvidia as too important to lose its leader.

    Upstract (@upstract.com) Nov 12, 2026

Related on Frontier

  • Sources: Jensen Huang had an extramarital relationship with Nvidia's VP of healthcare, Kimberly Powell, who reports to him; it was discussed inside the company (New York Times) Nov 11, 2026
  • Sources: some Trump officials questioned Jensen Huang's push for Trump to allow more chip sales to China, even before his affair with Alice Huang became public (Wall Street Journal) Nov 11, 2026
  • Hugging Face CEO vows to keep fighting for open source AI after Jensen Huang’s exit Nov 12, 2026
  • Sources: President Trump's and Howard Lutnick's close relationship with Jensen Huang made officials wary of taking aggressive steps to rein in Nvidia chip sales (New York Times) Nov 12, 2026
  • China hawks and Big Tech critics on Capitol Hill are building bipartisan support for tighter export controls, as Jensen Huang falls out of favor in DC (Joe Miller/Financial Times) Nov 12, 2026
MORE LATEST SIGNALSIGNALS