Donald Trump really wants Tim Cook to run Nvidia

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/08/gettyimages-2228842017.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jensen Huang resigned this morning as Nvidia's CEO following reports of affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy. Right now, the company is being led by its CFO on an interim basis. But President Donald Trump is already throwing around one person he thinks should take over the chipmaking giant: former Apple CEO Tim Cook, who stepped down from leading the company on September 1st and moved into an executive chairman role.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Shortly after Huang's resignation was announced today, Trump posted his idea about Cook on Truth Social: "NOW THAT Nvidia CEO JENSEN HUANG, who has done a fantastic job, has resigned, there is only one man to take …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1032774/president-donald-trump-tim-cook-nvidia-jensen-huang">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>