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Trump has his own stake in defending Huang, professor argues

A South Korean studio discussion links the president's support for Nvidia's co-founder to questions over chip exports to China.

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"단순 中 미인계 아니라면..." 트럼프가 젠슨 황 감싸는 이유? [Y녹취록] / YTN

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0:15Nam recounts Trump's account that Huang said he did not know a contact was a spy.
0:50Nam argues that treating Huang's conduct as an unwitting mistake could also limit Trump's political exposure.
1:05The anchor and Nam compare espionage penalties, with Nam describing US punishments as substantially harsher.
2:08The discussion turns to eased chip-export restrictions and reports of Huang lobbying Trump for access to China's market.
3:00Nam contrasts the profits from Chinese chip sales with US national-security export controls.

What Jensen Huang knew is central to understanding Donald Trump's defense of him, according to Nam Sung-wook, a chair professor at Sookmyung Women's University. Nam argues that the controversy could expose the president to political scrutiny over his administration's decisions on advanced chip exports to China.

Speaking on South Korea's YTN news channel, Nam recounts Trump's account of a telephone conversation in which Huang said he had not known that a person he was meeting was a spy. That characterization remains an allegation in the discussion, not an established finding.

Nam draws a conditional distinction: if Huang knowingly maintained those contacts and transferred restricted semiconductor technology, he argues, the matter could become an espionage case rather than a question of being deceived. He says presenting Huang's conduct as an unwitting mistake would therefore also help limit the political consequences for Trump.

The segment's title is "\"단순 中 미인계 아니라면...\" 트럼프가 젠슨 황 감싸는 이유? [Y녹취록] / YTN", meaning "If it's not simply a Chinese honey trap..." Why is Trump defending Jensen Huang?

The anchors then turn to export policy. Nam discusses reports that Huang repeatedly pressed Trump to loosen restrictions on selling Nvidia's AI chips to China. He frames the underlying tension as commercial revenue on one side and US national-security controls on the other. Nvidia makes processors widely used to develop and run artificial-intelligence systems, giving those sales significance beyond the company's balance sheet.

The discussion also compares espionage penalties in the United States and South Korea, with Nam portraying American punishments as substantially harsher. These are his legal characterizations; the segment does not establish that Huang committed espionage.

Recorded before Huang's resignation, the discussion focuses on why Trump was defending him while he still led Nvidia. Its central argument is about the president's own exposure: Nam expects pressure from both Republicans and Democrats over the export decisions.

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