US President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 9, 2026. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz
President Donald Trump sparked outrage during his bizarre press conference with Dana White, CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Trump hosted White at the White House for what he claimed was a separate meeting, but it seemed to be a coordinated ambush to get White to accept the press secretary job Trump "jokingly" offered him over the weekend via Truth Social. White publicly turned down the job at the press conference and said he has "no interest" in getting into politics.
When Trump opened up the press conference for questions, he faced a barrage of inquiries about whether he had been briefed on the potential national security risks posed by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's relationship with a Chinese woman of no relation named Alice Huang, who was allegedly recruited by China's top intelligence agency.
"I did speak to him today to see if he's feeling alright," Trump said at one point. "He said he had no idea they were a spy."
The New York Times reported Sunday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had put together a memo in the spring detailing Huang's relationship. It has also been reported that Trump was briefed in 2025 about Huang's potential involvement with an alleged spy, the same year Huang hired a crisis PR firm.
When another reporter pressed Trump for details about Rubio's memo, the president seemed evasive.
"It could have been mentioned. Certainly, it didn't make much of an impact on me," Trump said.
The president's comments sparked outrage online.
"So he knew," Ben Mieselas, attorney and co-founder of the MeidasTouch Network, posted on X.
"He really doesn’t care," Marc Polymeropoulos, co-host of “The Reporter and the Spy" for The Bulwark, concluded in another post on X.
"If you have even a shred of competence, you’d think the news that one of America’s most powerful tech executives was reportedly involved with an alleged Chinese spy linked to efforts to acquire sensitive U.S. technology might have at least a little 'impact' on you," the MeidasTouch Network posted on X.