Silicon Valley and Trump rally behind Nvidia CEO after his affair with alleged Chinese spy

Elon Musk and other finance moguls defend Jensen Huang after he admitted to the affair in an email to employees

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Donald Trump, Elon Musk and prominent finance moguls have expressed their support for embattled Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, as the head of the world's most valuable chip company faces an internal investigation over a romantic relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.

I have not spoken to him about it," the US president told reporters on Sunday. I just know he's a fine person, but you never know what is going on. I'm sure, I hope everything's fine. He's done such an incredible job".