Donald Trump likes to tell us that he's 'down with the kids', pitching himself as a tech-savvy President who's going to take the United States into a brand-new era at lightspeed. Not bad for a man who, at the age of 79, was the oldest person ever to be elected to the White House.
Still, not everyone is convinced that Donald Trump is as knowledgeable about technology as he says. Despite launching his own meme coin, promising his version of the iPhone, and talking about a futuristic Golden Dome over the United States, many think he's simply told what to say to appeal to younger generations.
This was already teased by the fact that Trump's 'Manosphere' was apparently largely guided by his son, Barron, and his pals.
The POTUS has also spoken about the future of artificial intelligence, notably pulling down many of the constraints that the Biden administration put in place to ensure AI doesn't get out of control.
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Just days after taking office in January 2025, Trump announced grand plans to invest up to $500 billion in AI, while a recent trip to the Middle East also proved fruitful for foreign investment into the USA's technological future.
Is Trump just being told what to say, though? A new interview proves he might not be as in the know about the tech movers and shakers as you'd think, seemingly not knowing anything about the world's biggest company.
Nvidia has been in the headlines a lot recently, particularly when it leapfrogged Microsoft to become the first company in history to have a market value over $4 trillion. There were embarrassing scenes as President Trump unveiled his new AI Action Plan and admitted he once suggested breaking up Nvidia...despite having never heard of it, or CEO Jensen Huang.
Thanking top AI industry leaders, he then alluded to Huang as he said: "And a very special thanks to some of the top industry leaders here, including somebody that's amazing."
Although he now knows who Huang is, Trump confessed: "I said, 'Look, we'll break this guy up.' This is before I learned the facts of life. I said, 'We'll break 'em up'."
When Trump supposedly grilled his closest on why it would be 'very hard' to break up Nvidia, he explained: "I said 'Why?' I said, what percentages of the market does he have? 'Sir, he has 100%.'
"I said, 'Who the hell is he? What's his name?' 'His name is Jensen Huang, Nvidia'. I said, 'What the hell is Nvidia?' I've never heard of it before."
Trump added: "I figured we could go in and we could sort of break them up a little bit, get them a little competition, and I found out it’s not easy in that business."
Inviting Huang to stand up in the audience, Trump concluded: "Then I got to know Jensen and now I see why."
Although Trump doesn't reveal when this conversation took place, at least he now knows what Nvidia is and who Huang is. After all, you should probably know who's running the world's biggest company.
Considering Huang made the guest list to Trump's Saudi trip alongside the likes of Alphabet CIO Ruth Porat and Amazon chief Andy Jassy, at least the President has seemingly learned the importance of keeping the tech Goliaths on your good side.