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President Donald Trump publicly backed Nvidia Corp. chief executive Jensen Huang after Huang admitted having an affair with a suspected Chinese spy. Trump said Huang should remain in charge while the chip company begins examining whether its leader was targeted by a foreign intelligence agency.

The president addressed the matter on Sunday before returning to Washington, saying he had not personally discussed the controversy with Huang. “I have not spoken to him about it,” Trump told reporters. “I just know he's a fine person, but you never know what is going on.”

Trump was then asked directly whether Huang should continue serving as Nvidia’s chief executive officer. The president offered an unambiguous endorsement, replying, “I think so. Oh yeah, sure.”

That support arrives as Nvidia faces an investigation centered on Huang and his contact with the woman. The company said its board would begin investigating whether Huang had been targeted by a foreign intelligence agency.

The controversy also follows Huang beyond Nvidia’s boardroom. When Trump was asked whether he planned to bring Huang on his trip to Asia later this month, the president said he did not know but indicated that he would take the executive along.

Trump also made clear that he had not reached a conclusion that Huang committed wrongdoing. “I haven't heard he's done anything wrong,” Trump said.

US intelligence officials had earlier told the Trump administration that a woman who became close to Huang was working for a Chinese spy agency, according to a Friday report from the New York Times. The officials said the agency recruited her to collect information on Huang.

The New York Times reported on Sunday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had overseen the production of a secret memo concerning US worries about the situation. The source did not provide further details about the contents of that memo.

The reports have placed Nvidia’s chief executive at the center of a China spying controversy while the board starts its own inquiry. Huang’s admission and the intelligence claims are now confronting the company at the same time.

For Nvidia investors, the episode raises a leadership question that has rarely demanded serious attention: who could replace Huang? That question carries unusual weight because Nvidia is valued at $4.5 trillion and Huang remains its chief executive officer.

Wall Street has encountered many scandals involving corporate leaders, but the source noted that it has never priced such a scandal at a company worth $4.5 trillion. Nvidia’s immense valuation gives the board’s investigation significance far beyond an ordinary executive controversy.

Trump’s comments offered strong personal support for Huang, but they did not settle what Nvidia’s board may find. The president acknowledged uncertainty about the broader situation even while describing Huang favorably and supporting his continued leadership.

The known timeline places the intelligence warning before the president’s Sunday remarks. US intelligence officials had already informed the administration about the woman, the New York Times published its Friday report, and the newspaper then reported Rubio’s role in the secret memo on Sunday.

Nvidia’s board is therefore pursuing its own examination as the president signals that Huang should stay. The investigation is specifically focused on whether Huang was a target of a foreign intelligence agency, rather than announcing a finding that such targeting definitively occurred.

The scandal leaves Nvidia balancing presidential support for Huang against unresolved questions involving US intelligence concerns and an internal board investigation. For a company valued at $4.5 trillion, the question of Huang’s future has suddenly become one investors can no longer dismiss.

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