US President Donald Trump is standing by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang amid a probe into his affair with alleged Chinese spy Alice Huang, aka Huang Le. Speaking to reporters during a White House press briefing, the 80-year-old Republican said that he spoke to the tech tycoon about the relationship and asked him if he had any idea that she was a spy. "He said, 'I had no idea she was a spy' and I really believe him," he added.Trump, meanwhile, brushed it off when asked if he read a memo by Secretary of State Marco Rubio last spring wherein he flagged Jensen Huang's relationship with an alleged spy for the Chinese government. "I would certainly check with the intelligence people.

It could have been mentioned. Certainly, it didn't make much of an impact on me."The New York Times reported that Rubio had flagged the Nvidia CEO's relationship in the memo circulated ahead of Trump's visit to Beijing in May.Q: When were you made of aware of the intelligence around Jensen huang?

There’s a reports that Rubio put an intelligence memo out. Did you read that memo?

Trump: It could have been mentioned. Certainly, it didn't make much of an impact on me. https://t.co/quDykW1dKc— Acyn (@Acyn) November 9, 2026The US President's remarks come amid a global storm over Jensen Huang's affair, which he has admitted to and apologised to his wife publicly.

His own company, Nvidia, has launched an investigation into the matter. A committee of independent directors, assisted by external legal counsel, will probe the matter, with Jensen Huang saying he will cooperate fully.

Additionally, the FBI is also probing the tech tycoon's affair with the alleged spy. "I know the FBI is looking into it in terms of something else, and I think that he'll be in good shape," the US President told reporters during the briefing.Alice Huang, who is not related to Jensen Huang, was the managing director of a Singaporean firm Megaspeed, which had dealings with Nvidia. The spy allegations have snowballed into a massive concern in the US over whether China may have gained access to sensitive information about Nvidia's artificial intelligence chips.

Jensen Huang has lobbied Washington on multiple occasions to ease restrictions on Nvidia's chip sales to China. The US President gave his nod to the firm's H200 chips to Beijing this year, though it remains unclear whether the Asian nation will permit domestic companies to purchase them in large quantities.The revelations regarding Rubio flagging the affair six months ago follow an earlier report by The New York Times about Trump being briefed nearly a year ago that US intelligence agencies had electronically surveilled Alice Huang and suspected she was a Chinese spy.

At the time, it had also revealed her relationship with a US citizen. Later, they found out that it was actually Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.The earlier NYT report also revealed that Trump chose not to take action at the time, viewing Nvidia's chips as significant to America's AI rivalry with China and considered the firm's success crucial for maintaining a strong stock market.In fact, the US President was asked on Sunday about his inaction at the time.

But he said he did not have any regrets. He hailed Jensen Huang as "an honourable guy", adding that the tech executive "probably has an excuse for it".China has rejected the spy allegations and termed it a "smear campaign" against Beijing.- Ends