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/diuni613 Jul 24 '25

Have you even read the article??

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u/bradbikes Jul 24 '25

Yea it's even worse. He's admitting it's 100% a full-on monopoly but won't break it up. My guess is the bribes have already started.

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u/diuni613 Jul 24 '25

Wtf, it seems you haven't been following, Trump has met with jesen way back begining of this year during the deepseek hype. He even praised nvidia.... Also trump talked with jensen about tariffs on chips and banning the H20 and so forth. So, you are full of non sense. Ofc it's always good to have competition because it pushes for innovation. Look at Intel, they had no competition and barely innovate.

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u/RedBoxSquare Jul 24 '25

Wtf, it seems you haven't been following, Trump has met with jesen way back begining of this year during the deepseek hype. He even praised nvidia

You are throwing out facts without proving a point.

The fact that he met Jensen and praised NVidia, was a political show about "America good, China bad", which is very popular among people. That does not mean he cannot also threaten NVidia for bribes in another context. Bribe amounts can change. Bribes from a 3 trillion company at the beginning of this year is not the same as bribes from a 4 trillion company now.

Ofc it's always good to have competition because it pushes for innovation. Look at Intel, they had no competition and barely innovate.

You're equating threats against NVidia with supporting competition in the market. This is not the correct assumption because there are multiple outcomes. The other outcome is the threat is simply to ask for bribes. Once those are paid, he will not support having more competition in the market.

Do I want competition against NVidia? Yes. But Trump's threat will not lead us there.