Trump comments for the first time on the resignation of the head of “NVIDIA” and proposes a name to succeed him

US President Donald Trump on Thursday called on former Apple CEO Tim Cook to take over leadership of NVIDIA, praising the company's resigned CEO Jensen Huang, describing him as "wonderful" and a "legend." Trump wrote in a post on the Truth Social platform: “Since Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, who has done a wonderful job, has resigned, there is only one man who can replace him, and that is Tim Cook of Apple.”

This post is Trump's first public comment on Huang's resignation, which came in the midst of an investigation into his relationship with an alleged Chinese spy. Trump received a briefing earlier this year about this relationship, which raised national security concerns within the US intelligence community.

However, Trump chose not to take any action, and Huang remained an influential voice in shaping Trump's laissez-faire regulatory approach to the AI ​​sector. Trump often praised Tim Cook, despite the tensions that arose between them from time to time, especially since Cook sought in recent years to strengthen his relationship with the American president.

It is noteworthy that Cook stepped down as CEO of Apple last spring, but he still serves as the company's executive chairman. Cook has not expressed any public interest in working for Nvidia.

Huang had resigned from his position as CEO of NVIDIA after 33 years, according to an announcement issued by the company’s board of directors, on Thursday morning, ending speculation that lasted for several days about his future, against the backdrop of reports of two relationships, one of which was with a woman who American officials suspected of working as a spy for China, and the other spoke of his emotional connection to an executive working under his management, amid an investigation into the possibility of him being targeted by a foreign intelligence service.