Jensen Huang took a call from Trump, and showed off something else, too

Correction: An earlier version of this piece identified the phone Jensen Huangused to take President Trump’s call as Apple’s iPhone Duo. That was incorrect —the device appears to be a different foldable. The piece has been updated toremove references to the iPhone Duo and the conclusions that were based on thaterror.Jensen Huang made headlines[https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/14/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-tells-trump-were-not-going-to-let-an-ai-slowdown-happen/]Monday at the All-In conference in L.A. when President Trump called him, live,on stage. But there was something else worth noting about his appearance. Huang,dressed in his now-signature alligator leather jacket, was handed a foldablephone[https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/apple-unveils-its-first-foldable-the-iphone-duo/]to answer it.Once he got Trump on speaker, the conversation turned to AI safety, and the twoseemed to agree that mounting fears about AI[https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier] equate to what Trumpcalled a “hoax.” Trump argued that the real winners of the AI panic are Chinaand “political people,” and that the technology is too big — “bigger than theinternet,” he said — to slow down over. (“Did you hear that? Thousands of peopleare clapping,” said Huang to Trump during this same exchange.)Whether Huang truly shares that same view or isn’t in a position to sayotherwise, we’ll never know. Nvidia’s business model depends largely on AI labsbuying more chips, so downplaying existential risk is the only move if he caresabout his company’s share price. (It’s still up 33% for the past year but fell afew percentage points today.)