How Marco Rubio’s memo to Trump led to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s downfall

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NEW: The downfall of former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was set in motion by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to the Washington Post.

Rubio reportedly issued a memo to Trump about Huang’s alleged relationship with a suspected Chinese spy.

Rubio’s memo was based on a CIA report, according to the outlet.

“Rubio used the CIA report to write his own, recasting the agency’s reporting in his own more assertive terms,” the Washington Post reported.

“When the findings of Rubio’s memo… leaked in news reports, they set off a chain of events that culminated in Huang’s resignation Thursday.”

President Trump and Huang had a somewhat close relationship, with Huang praising the president for his job.

During Trump’s recent interview with Ross Douthat before the Huang fallout, the president hinted that he had to threaten an AI executive at “one of the big” companies with jail time.

“We had a situation where somebody was reported to us to be doing something bad with AI. We called them very strongly and said, ‘Get ready to go to jail. Please give your wife a kiss good night.’ … this person totally changed everything,” Trump said during the interview.

It’s unclear if the person he was talking about was Huang.