‘Asleep at the wheel’: Wallace slams Trump over China spy report involving Nvidia CEO

A New York Times investigation, discussed by MS NOW host Nicolle Wallace, says U. S. officials judged a Chinese businesswoman with close access to Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang to be an intelligence asset for Beijing. According to the Times, President Donald Trump was briefed on the finding but took no action, reportedly because he did not want to disrupt Nvidia's chip sales, which help power the economy and stock market, or strain trade relations with China further.

Nvidia rejected the idea that its leader was targeted, telling the Times that Huang's dealings with the woman were neither unusual nor unexpected and that he speaks with thousands of customer executives annually. Officials at the White House, the CIA and the NSA offered no response to the newspaper's questions.

Wallace also highlighted financial links the Times described between Trump and the company. A source told the paper that Nvidia gave at least $20 million toward the White House ballroom fund, and Trump recently disclosed buying as much as $1. 6 million in Nvidia shares and selling up to $1 million in August.

Summarized by PolitiKool from MS NOW’s reporting. Read the full story at MS NOW →