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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns as scandal erupts, Trump urges him to stay

Huang stepped down after affairs linked to a suspected Chinese spy; CFO Colette Kress named interim chief while Trump defended the departing executive.

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Trump backed Nvidia's Jensen Huang till end, urged him to fight for job amid China spy scandal: Report

What this story says

  • Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia CEO after two affairs, one with a suspected Chinese spy.
  • President Donald Trump urged Huang to fight for his job before the resignation and later said he was “going through hell”.
  • CFO Colette Kress will act as interim CEO while Nvidia searches for a permanent replacement.
  • Centre outlets highlighted the resignation and scandal; right‑leaning outlets stressed Trump’s personal defence of Huang.

Who covered it

Left 4%(1)Centre 48%(11)Right 48%(11)

Percentages are shares of the 23 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 14 of the 37 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

60/100

Craft

60/100

Hype

45/100

37 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

Only 1 of the 23 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Nvidia announced on 12 November that co‑founder Jensen Huang would step down as chief executive after reports surfaced of two extramarital affairs, including one with a woman identified by U.S. intelligence as a suspected Chinese spy. The company also said Huang would leave the board and that chief financial officer Colette Kress would assume the role of interim CEO while a permanent successor is sought.

U.S. President Donald Trump called Huang a “legend” and, according to multiple reports, urged him on a phone call to fight to retain his position. After Huang’s resignation, Trump told reporters that the former chief was “going through hell” because of the scandal’s impact on his family.

The resignation has sent Nvidia shares down about 4.8 % and sparked speculation about the future of the company’s AI roadmap and its relationship with the Chinese market.

“"He's going through hell"”

— Donald Trump, former U.S. president

4.8%

Share price decline

Nvidia shares fell after the resignation was announced

Blind spot

No left‑rated outlet ran the story, leaving that part of the media landscape without coverage of the resignation and Trump’s comments.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 2 times, most recently on 13 Nov 2026, 03:30, and will add the sides that appear.

How other outlets pictured it

Which photograph to run is each newsroom’s own choice. The leaning beside a name is that outlet’s published rating, not a claim that the pictures divide along it. Every picture is shown from the outlet’s own server and links to the article it ran in.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang looks on during the NVIDIA GTC global AI conference in San Jose, California, US, Mar 17, 2026. (Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria)
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How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

1 rated outlet

We have not written our reading of the left coverage of this story. The left-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.

Centre

11 rated outlets

  • Centre‑rated outlets led on the factual sequence of Huang’s resignation, the nature of the affairs, and the appointment of Colette Kress as interim chief. The Channel News Asia report detailed the two extramarital relationships, named the suspected spy, and quoted Trump saying he “maintains complete confidence” in Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. It also reproduced Trump’s comment that Huang was “going through hell”. Digests from Investing.com, The Lufkin News, Ilta‑Sanomat, INTELLINEWS, Reuters and ZN.UA echoed these points, noting the resignation, the spy allegation and the interim CEO, but did not add further colour.

Right

11 rated outlets

  • Right‑rated outlets foregrounded Trump’s personal defence of Huang. The Times of India full report quoted Trump calling Huang a “legend”, described his trip to China with Xi Jinping, and highlighted Trump’s praise of Huang in a White House interview. Digests from CNBC‑TV18, India Today, DailyMail and the Australian Financial Review repeated the claim that Trump urged Huang to fight for his job, but did not include the “legend” language.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns as scandal erupts, Trump urges him to…?
Of the 23 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 4% are rated left, 48% are rated centre, 48% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 37. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns as scandal erupts, Trump urges him to… left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 23 rated outlets on this story, 4% are rated left, 48% are rated centre, 48% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns as scandal erupts, Trump urges him to… biased?
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns as scandal erupts, Trump urges him to stay is one event reported by 37 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns as scandal erupts, Trump urges him to…?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns as scandal erupts, Trump urges him to…?
37 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Why did Jensen Huang resign from Nvidia?
Huang stepped down after reports of two extramarital affairs, one involving a woman suspected of spying for China, created a scandal that threatened the company’s reputation and its ties to the U.S. administration.
What role will Colette Kress play at Nvidia?
Colette Kress, Nvidia’s chief financial officer, will serve as interim chief executive while the board conducts a search for a permanent replacement, according to the company’s announcement.
What did Donald Trump say about Huang after his resignation?
Trump told reporters that Huang was “going through hell” because of the scandal’s impact on his family, and earlier he had called Huang a “legend” and urged him to fight to keep his job.
How did the market react to Huang’s departure?
Nvidia’s share price dropped about 4.8 % after the resignation was announced, reflecting investor concern over the leadership change and the surrounding scandal.

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