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Robert Hubbell: What makes this story so bad? Let me count the ways! • Trump ignored and took no action after receiving at least two intelligence warnings (https://substack.com/redirect/4335a8c7-c4a6-4885-ad29-6399471e3582?j=eyJ1IjoiM3l4ZmcifQ.hpb3ubRX7plOuMbh-IUtAgGZCwTBtGvmtmMe_1zPSqU) that Jensen Huang was involved in an extramarital affair with a possible Chinese spy. • After receiving the warnings, Trump invited (https://substack.com/redirect/c025a7f9-07b6-4706-bb92-7c1c4ef9c449?j=eyJ1IjoiM3l4ZmcifQ.hpb3ubRX7plOuMbh-IUtAgGZCwTBtGvmtmMe_1zPSqU)Jensen Huang on a trip to Beijing. Huang accepted the invitation and flew with Trump on Air Force One in May 2026. • Despite receiving warnings in late 2025, Trump lied to the press last week, saying he did not know (https://substack.com/redirect/d9ffdd60-1678-49c9-91d7-8c93bb005593?j=eyJ1IjoiM3l4ZmcifQ.hpb3ubRX7plOuMbh-IUtAgGZCwTBtGvmtmMe_1zPSqU)in May 2026 that Huang was involved with a suspected Chinese spy. • Marco Rubio, who serves as both the Secretary of State and the National Security Advisor, failed to prevent Trump from bringing Huang on a trade trip to China. • In October 2025, Nvidia contributed $25 million (https://substack.com/redirect/d9ffdd60-1678-49c9-91d7-8c93bb005593?j=eyJ1IjoiM3l4ZmcifQ.hpb3ubRX7plOuMbh-IUtAgGZCwTBtGvmtmMe_1zPSqU) to Trump’s vanity ballroom project—and asked that the donation be kept confidential. • One month later, in November 2025, Trump authorized Nvidia to sell (https://substack.com/redirect/38be468c-172f-4291-ab95-229f485af64e?j=eyJ1IjoiM3l4ZmcifQ.hpb3ubRX7plOuMbh-IUtAgGZCwTBtGvmtmMe_1zPSqU) a specific type of Chip to China, a significant victory for the company. • After the scandal broke, Trump urged Huang to fight for his job (https://substack.com/redirect/103b0155-725a-4e74-adbe-58b67868c7ab?j=eyJ1IjoiM3l4ZmcifQ.hpb3ubRX7plOuMbh-IUtAgGZCwTBtGvmtmMe_1zPSqU) as CEO of Nvidia • FBI director Kash Patel apparently did not provide Jensen Huang with a defensive briefing (https://substack.com/redirect/dcbc1363-d9bd-4e68-b02d-41b00b23445d?j=eyJ1IjoiM3l4ZmcifQ.hpb3ubRX7plOuMbh-IUtAgGZCwTBtGvmtmMe_1zPSqU), which would have warned him that his female counterpart in an extramarital affair was a Chinese spy. • Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick received an intelligence briefing that Nvidia customer, Megaspeed, was transshipping AI chips to China in violation of U.S. export control laws. He did nothing to stop sales to Megaspeed despite the warning. Last week in the Situation Room, the Secretary of the Treasury confronted Lutnick over the failure. Bessent then apparently leaked the conversation to the press to cover his own exposure. See International Business Times, Bessent Reportedly Confronted Lutnick Over Nvidia Customer in Situation Room Clash (https://substack.com/redirect/901db0a7-81fe-4234-9477-4cea467ad7d3?j=eyJ1IjoiM3l4ZmcifQ.hpb3ubRX7plOuMbh-IUtAgGZCwTBtGvmtmMe_1zPSqU) • There is no evidence that the FBI or the DOJ (under Todd Blanche) took action to limit damage to US national security that might be caused by Huang’s relationship with a suspected Chinese spy.