Trump Xi Putin APEC meeting Iran war, Digi Mart USA News: US President Donald Trump said he expects to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at next week’s APEC summit in China. He also said he would be willing to take Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang on the trip, despite controversy over Huang’s relationship with a suspected Chinese intelligence asset.
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Trump said a meeting with Xi and Putin “will be interesting” and would cover a lot of ground, including denuclearization and ending the war in Iran, according to Reuters. Such a meeting would bring the leaders of the United States, China and Russia together as the Iran conflict grinds through its eighth month.
On Huang, Trump said he had not spoken to the Nvidia chief about the allegations but described him as a fine and honorable person who had done an amazing job for the United States. He added that Huang probably had an explanation and that it should be heard, while acknowledging that “you never know what is going on.” Asked whether Huang would join him in Asia, Trump said he did not know but would certainly take him.
Trump’s remarks came on the same day that Huang admitted to a romantic relationship with Alice Huang, a Megaspeed executive whom US officials reportedly believe was recruited by Chinese intelligence. Nvidia’s board opened an independent investigation.
The board has said it has no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised, and Huang remains chief executive.
Whether Huang travels to China alongside the president will be closely watched. His presence would signal that the White House still sees him as a key voice on AI and chip policy.
His absence would suggest the affair has begun to cost him political access at a sensitive moment for US export controls.
In a lighter moment, Trump said he had only been joking about naming Ultimate Fighting Championship chief executive Dana White as White House press secretary. He said White loved the idea and that the two would speak on Monday about other matters.
For markets, the APEC summit now looms as a significant event, with any progress on Iran carrying implications for oil and any signal on chips bearing directly on Nvidia.
