Trump Backs Nvidia CEO Huang Amid Probe Into Affair With Alleged Chinese Spy

President Donald Trump backed Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Nov. 8 after the company’s board launched a probe over his affair with a suspected Chinese spy.

The alleged spy known as Alice Huang was an executive at the Singapore-based Megaspeed, one of Nvidia’s biggest customers in Southeast Asia.

When asked about the investigation on Sunday, Trump said he had not spoken with Huang about it but hoped everything was fine.

“I just know he’s a fine person, but you never know what is going on. I hope everything’s fine,” he told reporters. “He’s a fine person, in my opinion.

“I think he’s an honorable guy. I think he probably has an excuse for it, you have to ​hear it. No, you can’t do that with people,” he told reporters. “He’s done an amazing job for our country.”

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Trump also suggested that Huang could join him on his China trip next week.

“I don’t know but I’d certainly take him. I haven’t heard that he’s done anything wrong. He dealt with somebody but, you know, so does everybody else,” he added.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Nov. 8 that he could not comment on Huang’s investigation because it was “an internal corporate matter.”

Jacki Thrapp contributed to this report.

This is a developing story and will be updated.