Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is embracing President Trump with new zeal as the chipmaker seeks to balance complicated geopolitical tensions while maintaining its dominant role in the artificial intelligence (AI) world.

In the first nine months of the administration, Huang has managed to develop a strong relationship with the president that has proved key to navigating an on-again, off-again trade war between the U.S. and China.

This dynamic was on full display at Nvidia’s GTC conference in Washington, D.C., this week, an event dubbed the "Super Bowl of AI."

Huang wrapped a two-hour keynote, awash with compliments for the president’s efforts to boost energy and domestic manufacturing, by borrowing Trump’s signature phrase and thanking the audience for “making America great again.”

Shortly after, Huang was on a plane to South Korea, racing to get to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum where he was hoping to cross paths with Trump before the president's departure.

“There's a lot of value for Jensen Huang to cozy up with Trump and feel like he's in his good graces,” said Owen Tedford, senior research analyst with Beacon Policy Advisors.

Nvidia secured a major win earlier this year, when Trump allowed the company to sell its H20 chips to China. In a move that has sparked national security concerns, the president signaled during his APEC trip........

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