Nvidia China – Trump disputed CNBC’s report about Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s China trip, saying he’s on Air Force One and not excluded.
A public dust-up over a China trip invitation has spilled into the open, with President Donald Trump accusing CNBC of spreading “FAKE NEWS” after the network reported Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was not included among business leaders accompanying him.
Late Tuesday. Trump used Truth Social to challenge the report. writing that CNBC “incorrectly reported” Huang was left off the roster.. He added that Huang was, at the time of Trump’s post, already on Air Force One.. Unless Trump himself asked Huang to leave—he suggested that scenario was “highly unlikely”—he said the network’s account was wrong.
The contradiction was sharpened by CNBC’s subsequent reporting. The outlet said Trump had personally called Huang after the initial story about the exclusion began to gain traction. CNBC also reported that Huang traveled to Alaska to board Air Force One.
In a separate statement, an Nvidia spokesperson said Jensen Huang is attending the summit at the invitation of President Trump, framing the trip as a chance for Huang to support the administration’s goals.
The presence of Huang on the trip carries additional political sensitivity because of his recent public criticism of U.S.. export limits on advanced AI chips to China.. Huang had warned last month that the restrictions “don’t make a lot of strategic sense. ” and he said they had undermined Nvidia’s ability to compete in the Chinese market.
Trump, for his part, presented Huang’s participation as part of a broad, high-profile corporate push into China. In his post, he listed several major U.S. business leaders who would join him for meetings with President Xi Jinping.
Alongside Huang, Trump named Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX; Apple chief Tim Cook, whom he referred to as “Tim Apple”; BlackRock head Larry Fink; Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman; and Goldman Sachs boss David Solomon.
Trump said he planned to ask Xi to “open up” China so the visiting companies could “work their magic” and help move the country to what he described as an even higher level. He also said the request would be his “very first” when he meets Xi.
The episode underscores how quickly Washington’s political stakes can intersect with corporate strategy in the run-up to high-level foreign meetings—especially when technology firms, export controls, and market access are all on the line.
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