Nvidia’s Jensen Huang joins Trump on Air Force One during Alaska pit stop for China trip

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has joined President Donald Trump and xAI founder Elon Musk aboard Air Force One for the administration’s trip to China, according to the White House press pool.

Huang and Musk are two of the leading artificial intelligence innovators in the United States, with their presence on the trip reflecting American strength in the AI industry as the delegation heads to China, America’s top AI competitor.

Huang boarded Air Force One during a refueling stop in Alaska on the way to Asia, according to the New York Post.

There was some initial confusion as to whether Huang was going to be among the tech titans included in the president’s trip. CNBC reported earlier on Tuesday that Huang was not “among the executives joining the U.S. president to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.” Trump refuted the report in a post to his Truth Social account late Tuesday night, rebuking the