Jensen Huang took a call from Trump, and showed off something else, too
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6:50 PM PDT · September 14, 2026
Jensen Huang made headlines Monday at the All-In conference in L.A. for what he said. But there’s something else worth noting about the appearance. Taking a live call from President Trump on stage, Huang, dressed in his now-signature alligator leather jacket, was handed Apple’s new foldable phone to answer it, a device that isn’t due to hit stores for another five weeks.
Flashing your unreleased hardware while chatting with the president? Not a bad flex.
Once he got Trump on speaker, the conversation turned to AI safety, and the two seemed to agree that mounting fears about AIequate to what Trump called a “hoax.” Trump argued that the real winners of the AI panic are China and “political people,” and that the technology is too big — “bigger than the internet,” he said — to slow down over. (“Did you...
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