Now that this scandal has an espionage angle, expect market disruptions, congressional hearings, and a massive uptick in Spy-Who-Shagged-Me memes

In case you didn't hear.The US intelligence community believes that Alice Huang, an executive at a Singapore-based Nvidia customer who was said to have been romantically involved with the US chipmaker’s chief executive, was recruited as a spy by China’s Ministry of State Security. ft.trib.al/DnT9JqY[image or embed]— Financial Times (@financialtimes.com) November 8, 2026 at 9:48 AM Good summary from Moynihan.The Huang scandal, in brief: *had an affair with someone suspected of being a Chinese spy *Trump was warned in May *Trump insisted on keeping Huang as a trusted AI advisor *Huang persuaded Trump to let him sell his chips to China after $25M ballroom donation www.nytimes.com/2026/11/08/u...[image or embed]— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) November 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM Pretty much everything was public knowledge here - the $25 million gift, Trump's faith in Huang, the sales to China - except for the affair. And it is possible the affair had no effect on what happened. Still, looks…

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