Trump pitches Apple's Tim Cook as new Nvidia CEO

Driving the news: "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," Trump wrote.

• Apple did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment. Cook's name had been mentioned in prediction market speculation, though he's not leading the crowd to replace Huang.
• Nvidia's board named longtime CFO Colette Kress interim CEO and launched a search for a permanent replacement.
• Cook, who has opened his coffers for the president, stepped down as Apple's CEO in September, after well over a decade atop the tech behemoth. He remains the executive chairman of Apple's board of directors.

Context: Huang, a mammoth force behind the AI buildout, resigned after a whirlwind of controversy rippled through the industry and prompted congressional scrutiny.

• The New York Times reported Wednesday that Huang had a relationship with Kimberly Powell, a senior Nvidia executive who reports to him.
• That came after Nvidia's board launched a probe into Huang's relationship with businesswoman Alice Huang, whom U.S. intelligence identified as a Chinese intelligence asset.

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