Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang boarded Air Force One in Alaska on May 12 and joined Donald Trump’s trip to China after earlier reports said he was not on the invited business list. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
The White House later confirmed Huang would travel with Trump, and Trump said on social media that he was honored to have Huang and other chief executives with him on the trip. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 6, 11, 12, 7, 9]
White House spokesman Steven Cheung said, “事情剛好就這麼安排成了,” as reporters in Alaska captured Huang boarding the presidential aircraft. [4]
An Nvidia spokesperson said Huang was invited by Trump to attend the summit “to support the United States and its goals,” while Trump posted that he was “very honored” to invite Huang. [6, 7]
Trump was also accompanied by several other prominent U.S. business leaders, with reports naming Elon Musk, Apple chief Tim Cook and other executives among the group. [4, 5, 10]
The late addition drew attention to whether the trip would touch on Nvidia’s exports of artificial intelligence chips to China, especially the H200. [6, 7, 8, 9]
Trump is scheduled to continue the trip with the business delegation, with the latest reports on May 13 focusing on the lineup and the possible chip-policy discussions ahead. [7, 8, 9]
