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- President Donald Trump has weighed in on Jensen Huang’s resignation.
- Trump said former Apple CEO Tim Cook is the “only one man” to replace the Nvidia CEO.
- Trump has long praised Cook, once saying he was the only CEO in his first term who called him regularly on the phone.
President Donald Trump has his own recommendation for Nvidia’s next CEO — Tim Cook.
In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump called Cook, Apple’s former CEO, the “only one man” to replace Jensen Huang after the more-than-three-decade Nvidia boss resigned.
“NOW THAT Nvidia CEO JENSEN HUANG, who has done a fantastic job, has resigned, there is only one man to take his place – TIM COOK of Apple. A Legend replaces a Legend!” Trump said in the post.
Trump is a longtime fan of Cook, who stepped down as Apple’s CEO earlier this year and took on the role of executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors.
The president has previously called Cook an “amazing manager and leader” and praised that he would call him directly on the phone.
“He calls me and the others don’t,” Trump said during his first term. “Others go out and hire very expensive consultants, and Tim Cook calls Donald Trump directly. Pretty good.”
Huang stepped down from his role as Nvidia CEO earlier Thursday following a tumultuous week marked by a company investigation and extramarital affair revelations.
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