Trump reacts after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns
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[0:00] Nvidia CEO Jensen Wong has resigned
[0:02] effective immediately. The company's
[0:04] board has appointed current CFO Colette
[0:06] Crest as interim CEO while it searches
[0:08] for a permanent successor. Wong's
[0:10] departure comes amid reports of a second
[0:12] extrammarital affair and controversy
[0:15] over his ties to an alleged Chinese spy.
[0:18] And now, President Trump is weighing in
[0:20] on who he wants to see take over Nvidia
[0:22] now that CEO Jensen Hang has resigned.
[0:25] CBS News White House reporter Olivia
[0:26] Raldi joins us live right now with that
[0:28] breaking news. So Olivia, who does the
[0:30] president want to see take over that top
[0:32] leadership role at NVIDIA?
[0:36] >> Well, Mugo, it's good to see you. This
[0:37] is the first reaction we're getting from
[0:39] the White House and President Trump to
[0:40] the announcement that Jensen Hong has
[0:43] resigned as the head of Nvidia. The
[0:45] president wrote on True Social, "Now
[0:47] that Nvidia CEO Jensen Hang, who has
[0:50] done a fantastic job, he says, has
[0:52] resigned, there's only one man to take
[0:54] his place, and he says that is Tim Cook
[0:57] of Apple." He goes on to say, "A legend
[0:59] replaces a legend signed by Donald
[1:01] Trump." Now, this is a big blow to
[1:03] President Trump because Jensen Hong is a
[1:06] friend of his and someone who's seen as
[1:07] an outside political adviser or excuse
[1:09] me, outside adviser when it comes to
[1:11] economic matters, especially when it
[1:13] comes to artificial intelligence and the
[1:15] development of AI here in the United
[1:17] States. Also, when it c