Huang’s potential departure would leave a leadership vacuum at the roughly $4tn chipmaker he co-founded, with Nvidia’s shares sliding about 8% in ​after-hours trading

Donald Trump said on Monday he was “amazed” after the revelations concerning Jensen Huang - one of his ⁠closest allies in Silicon Valley - came to light. The president’s close ties with the Nvidia CEO have come under renewed scrutiny after revelations about the billionaire executive’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy were revealed.

Trump said on 9 November that Huang had told him he had no idea that the woman was a spy. The president added that he believed the CEO.

I asked him that question ’Did you have any idea that she was a spy?’ He said ’I had no idea that she was a spy’ and I really believe him.”

I know the FBI is looking into it … I think that he’ll be in good shape.”