Nvidia’s Huang Backs Trump to Keep US Ahead of China in AI Tech Race

Reporter: Prihastomo Wahyu Widodo | Editor: Hasbi Maulana

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - In a striking live-broadcasted exchange highlighting the deep geopolitical entanglements of next-generation technology, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang formally aligned with United States President Donald Trump to safeguard the momentum of America's artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem against foreign competitors.

The public declaration unfolded during the high-profile All-In Summit in Los Angeles on Monday (14/9/2026).

While navigating an onstage discussion surrounding the speed of AI deployment, Huang received an unexpected live phone call from President Trump. Choosing to amplify the moment, Huang answered the call on speakerphone, broadcasting the conversation directly to the summit's institutional audience.

Rejecting the AI Slowdown Mandate

The unexpected dialogue directly countered recent cautious narratives from other tech stalwarts. Prior to the phone call, Huang had been dissecting a proposal by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who has publicly advocated for a calculated slowdown in the escalation of AI capacities—a regulatory stance previously mirrored by OpenAI's Sam Altman and SpaceX's Elon Musk.

Trump aggressively dismissed the deceleration framework, framing it as a geopolitical trap that directly compromises American computational supremacy.

“They are playing right into the hands of a lot of people who don't want it to happen. It could be political people. It could be China. And we're not going to let that happen. It's a hoax,” Trump asserted to Huang.

Huang responded with full alignment, stating, “You are exactly right. We will not let that happen, sir.”

The state-level backing cements Nvidia’s strategic positioning as the primary hardware engine for the West's technological defense.

Trump reiterated that while infrastructure development demands a prudent approach, freezing or handicapping the industry is completely off the table. "I am with you 100%. We are going to lead," Trump added.

The Domestic Friction: 70% of Americans Push Back on Data Centers

Despite the unified front between Washington and Silicon Valley to outrun Beijing, the structural execution of this expansion faces severe domestic headwinds. Trump and tech allies like Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan have previously alleged that growing public resistance to data center construction is part of a coordinated campaign to stall American economic GDP acceleration.

However, fresh public sentiment tracking reveals a far simpler, grassroots bottleneck. A newly released Gallup poll underscores intense domestic pushback against the physical expansion of AI infrastructure:

70.0% of US Respondents: Object to new data center construction within their immediate municipalities.
Over 50.0% of Objectors: Cite severe concerns regarding local environmental resource depletion and massive power grid strain.
20.0% of Objectors: Express fear over inflation in the local cost of living and the degradation of overall life quality.

For global asset managers and technology equity analysts monitoring Nvidia’s multi-year holding horizon, the narrative is clear. While political backing for AI dominance remains absolute to counter China's rise, the physical deployment of the massive power-hungry data grids required to process next-generation LLMs faces acute localized resistance that could severely delay infrastructure roll-outs.