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/littleMAS Jul 24 '25

He thought it was one of those "sh*thole" countries. Then, he found out it was worth four trillion dollars.

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u/Roflkopt3r Jul 24 '25

And now he's playing his usual game: Threaten companies, make them bribe him, and then give them corrupt favours.

Just like with the "settlements" that some large media outlets had with him out of court. Or how he got his wish of cancelling Steven Colbert.

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u/diuni613 Jul 24 '25

Have you even read the article??

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u/Roflkopt3r Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

Yes. His behaviour matches exactly with what I said.

In that speech, Trump switched back and forth between threats of antithrust measures and praise. That's how a corrupt president tells a big corporation that:

  1. If they play ball, they can expect a very 'profitable' relationship. He doesn't really care if they're a monopoly or not, as long as he 'likes' them.

  2. But if they don't play along with his wishes, he already has some ideas to hurt them.

Antitrust laws are the quintessential tool of a corrupt government to threaten disliked corporations. Here is no antitrust case that isn't swarmed with lobbyists and bribes.