Trump Arrives in China With Entourage of Tech CEOs |
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Trump arrived in China on Wednesday for his summit with Chinese president Xi Jinping accompanied by an entourage of billionaire tech CEOs.
Tesla’s Elon Musk, Apple’s Tim Cook, and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang were just 3 of 17 tech executives who joined Trump at the summit. Trump was also joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
On his Truth Social account, Trump posted that it is “an Honor” to have the tech executives traveling with him to China, and named a dozen of the business leaders who would be joining the group. Trump said he “will be asking President Xi, a Leader of extraordinary distinction, to ‘open up’ China” to work more closely with these companies, asserting that this would benefit both the U.S. and China.
Huang, who was added later to the list of tech executives, is the CEO of Nvidia, which has become central to the global race over AI. Nvidia’s computer chips are essential to AI projects, and the chips have given Trump leverage with Saudi Arabia, the U.K., and China.
Many of the executives joining Trump in China have donated extensively to Trump’s campaigns. Huang, for example, attended a $1-million-a-head dinner at Mar-a-Lago last year.........