Trump calls Nvidia chief 'an honorable man', says they did not discuss allegations

US President Donald Trump on Sunday praised Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang as 'an honorable man' who has done great things for America, but said he had not spoken to him about allegations concerning a relationship with a Chinese businesswoman.

Speaking to reporters in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said: 'I have not spoken to him about this. I know he is a good man; but nobody knows what is happening. I hope everything will be fine; I think he is an honorable man.'

'He has done a great job for our country,' he said, adding: 'He may have an explanation for it; we will have to hear it.'

Asked whether he would take Huang along on his Asia trip next week, he replied: 'I don't know; but I certainly will.' Trump has built a close relationship with Huang over the past two years, with Nvidia's advances in artificial intelligence making it central to the administration's technology policy.