Trump Suggests Apple's Tim Cook to Replace Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang After Resignation

President Donald Trump said Thursday on Truth Social that Apple executive chairman Tim Cook should succeed Jensen Huang as Nvidia's chief executive, hours after Huang resigned. Huang stepped down after reports of extramarital affairs with Alice Huang, a Singapore-based woman suspected of being a Chinese spy (no relation), and with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia's vice president of health care. The New York Times reported on the Powell relationship, and Nvidia's board was set to meet hours later; Huang resigned before it could oust him. Trump wrote that Huang had done a fantastic job and that only Cook could take his place, calling it a legend replacing a legend. Cook, 66, was Apple's CEO from 2011 until August. Nvidia's market value has fallen below $4 trillion, and a post cited in one report said the Justice Department is probing Alice Huang over possible smuggling of Super Micro Computer products to China.

Politico, on the left, leads with Trump's post, builds its headline around the "Legend replaces a Legend" line and notes that Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress has taken over. Its excerpt says little about the scandal. The Daily Caller and New York Post, on the right, place the suggestion within the scandal. They cover Alice Huang, Powell, the board timing and Trump's earlier support for Huang. They also cover Trump's "Tim Apple" nickname for Cook, the Apple-Nvidia valuation race and, in the Caller, the market slide and the $500 billion Apple investment Trump has touted. The Caller's headline calls Huang "ousted", though its text says he resigned. All agree on Trump's wording and his choice of Cook. They differ in emphasis: the left stresses the endorsement and interim leadership, the right the scandal and Trump's ties to Cook. Axios adds that it is unclear whether Trump was joking and that he did not address the controversy.