Trump says the FBI is "looking into" Jensen Huang's affair, and the Nvidia CEO told him he "had absolutely no idea that the person in question was a spy"
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Once a vendor CEO’s personal life becomes a presidential talking point and an FBI matter, their company’s risk profile is officially political. Large buyers of Nvidia should expect more questions from their own boards and regulators about supply-chain exposure and national-security posture.
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