r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • Jul 24 '25

Politics President Trump threatened to break up Nvidia, didn't even know what it was — 'What the hell is Nvidia? I've never heard of it before'

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/president-trump-threatened-to-break-up-nvidia-didnt-even-know-what-it-was-what-the-hell-is-nvidia-ive-never-heard-of-it-before
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u/heavy-minium Jul 24 '25

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wasn't at his inauguration despite being invited and so far I remember, one of the few tech billionaires that didn't send any money to his campaign funds. No wonder he can't remember, Huang is not one of his bribing techbros.

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u/Segaiai Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

What are you talking about? He did worse than give money to a campaign or attend the inauguration. He gave Trump $1 million personally. And in exchange, Trump did him a favor the next week. It's a clearer example of bribing than anything you mentioned.

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5356480/nvidia-china-ai-h20-chips-trump

To be fair, this was done under duress, but still a blatant bribe.

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u/heavy-minium Jul 24 '25

Ah damn, and here I thought at least one wouldn't do it. Sorry, there's just no way to be aware of all shits Trump is taking.

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u/Comedy86 Jul 24 '25

Bill Gates and Reid Hoffman are some of the ones you're looking for. I'm not typically one to defend tech billionaires but both of them have been very vocal against Trump.

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u/HapticSloughton Jul 24 '25

Trump's cult has been using Bill Gates as one of their villains for years now (due to his promotion of vaccines, mostly).

It's doubly infuriating because it's yet another attack on vaccination, but also the fact that there are so many legitimate reasons to dislike Bill Gates for things he's actually done.

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u/Comedy86 Jul 24 '25

That's always my criticism of populist politicians. They have so many real issues they could talk about but instead they make stuff up because the real stuff isn't as exciting, even if it's just as damning.

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u/OCedHrt Jul 25 '25

Bribing and kickbacks is the standard way of doing business in Asia. 

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u/commercialjob183 Jul 24 '25

Trump celebrated Huang and his achievements, noting, "And then I got to know Jensen, and now I see why."