‘Trump asked me to come’
Nvidia Responding to journalists’ questions about his trip, CEO Jensen Huang said that US President Donald Trump “wanted me to come” to the China summit in Beijing.
Huang was a later addition to the high-risk trip on Tuesday after his name was not prominently featured on a list of executives who made the trip shared by a White House official on Monday.
“This is, of course, an incredible opportunity for me to represent the United States and support President Trump at one of the most important summits in human history,” Huang told reporters on the sidelines of the event on Thursday. he said.
“The two presidents, President Xi and President Trump, have a great relationship; this is an incredible opportunity for us to lean on those relationships to build an even better partnership,” he added.
After seeing media reports about Huang’s absence from the delegation, Trump called the Nvidia executive and asked him to join, a source with knowledge of the situation told CNBC on Wednesday. Huang flew to Alaska to board Air Force One, the source said.
Trump confirmed this in his social media post Huang was on board Air Force One and Nvidia denied that its boss was invited, as reported by media outlets including CNBC.
Main focus of trade
“I will ask President Xi, an extraordinarily privileged Leader, to ‘open up’ China so that these brilliant people can work their magic and help bring the People’s Republic to an even higher level!” Trump said, referring to a larger delegation of US business representatives.
The delegation includes: Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk Apple CEO Tim Cook BlackRock’s CEO Larry Fink and Boeing’s CEO Kelly Ortberg and others.
“Today’s morning ceremony was very uplifting. President Xi was very inspiring, very welcoming, and President Trump was very inspiring and very welcoming,” Huang said.
