Donald Trump really wants Tim Cook to run Nvidia

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Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.

Jensen Huang resigned this morning as Nvidia’s CEO following reports of affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy. Right now, the company is being led by its CFO on an interim basis. But President Donald Trump is already throwing around one person he thinks should take over the chipmaking giant: former Apple CEO Tim Cook, who stepped down from leading the company on September 1st and moved into an executive chairman role.

Shortly after Huang’s resignation was announced today, Trump posted his idea about Cook on Truth Social: “NOW THAT Nvidia CEO JENSEN HUANG, who has done a fantastic job, has resigned, there is only one man to take his place - TIM COOK of Apple,” Trump said. “A Legend replaces a Legend!”

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