President Donald Trump declared on CBS’s 60 Minutes that China’s tech dreams will have to settle for Nvidia’s B-list chips, while America’s getting the full A-list treatment with the Blackwell series.
The announcement ensures no foreign power – especially not Beijing – gets their hands on the most advanced AI silicon scorching the planet.
Trump, looking every bit the dealmaker in chief during his first 60 Minutes sit-down in five years, leaned into the camera with that trademark squint. “We’ll let them deal with Nvidia, but not the most advanced,” he told host Norah O’Donnell, as if auctioning off family heirlooms at a garage sale – U.S. keeps the good china, everyone else gets the plastic.
Picture the scene: Trump, fresh off a $16 million settlement with CBS parent Paramount over what he called a “deceptively edited” Kamala Harris interview last year. Now he’s back, turning the tables faster than a short-order cook at a tariff buffet.
The timing? Impeccable, or perhaps just Trump’s version of dramatic irony. This chat, taped Friday and aired Sunday, lands smack in the middle of a shiny new one-year trade pact with China – you know, the kind where Beijing eases rare earth export squeezes and gobbles up more U.S. soybeans, all for a tariff trim from Washington.
Trump beamed about his “great relationship” with the Middle Kingdom, quipping it’s “better to get along than not.” Coming from the man who once slapped on tariffs like they were unwanted party guests, it’s like watching a boxer hug it out mid-round – punches pulled, but the gloves stay laced.
While preaching harmony, Trump doubled down on hoarding Nvidia’s Blackwell beasts. These chips aren’t just fast; they’re the Usain Bolt of AI, powering everything from chatty robots to stock-picking algorithms that make Wall Street blush.
No sales to outsiders, Trump insisted, lest the U.S. lose its edge in the global geek-off. “The most advanced, we will not let anybody have them other than the United States,” he said, sounding like a dad guarding the last slice of pizza at a family dinner.
Tensions simmered as O’Donnell probed deeper, circling back to those beloved tariffs Trump wields like a lucky charm. The fiscal windfall? “Vast amounts,” he boasted, as if the Treasury’s coffers were overflowing with confetti cash.
But what if the Supreme Court plays referee and benches the tariffs? Trump’s face darkened faster than a storm cloud over Mar-a-Lago. “I think our country will be immeasurably hurt. I think our economy will go to hell,” he warned, painting a doomsday canvas where jobs vanish and the Dow does the limbo.
It’s the kind of stark warning that leaves viewers chuckling nervously – after all, who needs apocalyptic prophecies when you’ve got AI chips to covet? Trump’s interview didn’t stop at trade tightropes; he juggled hot potatoes like the Israel ceasefire wobbles and the Russia-Ukraine quagmire, tossing in economic shutdown gripes for good measure.
Through it all, the humor bubbled up in Trump’s unfiltered flair – defending tariffs as economic rocket fuel one breath, then fretting over their potential funeral the next. It’s like a high-stakes poker game where the chips are literal chips, and the bluff is on a global scale.
Critics might call it contradictory, but fans see vintage Trump: the art of the deal, served with a side of selective sharing. Nvidia execs, meanwhile, are probably toasting with non-Blackwell bubbly – sales to China intact, just minus the fireworks.
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