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

President Donald Trump said Apple's Tim Cook should take over as chief executive of Nvidia after Jensen Huang resigned from the role. Trump made the pitch in a Truth Social post. In it he called Huang a legend but did not address the controversy around his departure, which followed alleged affairs with a suspected Chinese spy and with an Nvidia executive. It was unclear whether Trump meant the suggestion as a joke. There was no indication that Nvidia is considering Cook, or that Trump has any say in who runs the company. Cook is described as Apple's executive chairman, and in one account as its former CEO. He led Apple for fifteen years, during which it reached a valuation of several trillion dollars.

Fox News, on the right, covers the story as a television segment in which Lauren Simonetti discusses the pitch with Stuart Varney. Its headline calls Cook a big-name CEO, and it leads with Cook's fifteen-year run and Apple's multi-trillion-dollar valuation. It describes Huang's exit only as sudden, and the provided text does not mention the allegations. The Washington Post, on the left, headlines Trump's statement directly and stresses that nothing suggests Nvidia is weighing Cook or that Trump has a role in the decision. Both sides report that Trump proposed Cook. They differ on emphasis: Fox highlights Cook's credentials, while the Post questions the pitch's practical weight. Axios, an alternative source, is distinct in detailing the alleged affairs, noting that Trump skipped the controversy, and questioning whether the remark was serious.