WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that former Apple CEO Tim Cook should replace Jensen Huang at Nvidia, after Huang resigned following revelations of two alleged affairs, including one with a woman accused of being a Chinese spy.

“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 said on his Truth Social network.

Trump has no formal say in who should run chip giant Nvidia, which is at the centre of the AI revolution, but his extraordinary intervention underscores his close ties to both Huang and Cook.

During his second presidency, Trump has treated Nvidia co-founder Huang as a close adviser, even bringing him aboard Air Force One for a state visit to China in May.