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The Bad Place9News | The motley crew of billionaires tagging along on Trump's China visit by 9News
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Donald Trump arrived in Beijing atop Air Force One accompanied by a heavyweight delegation of U.S. business leaders and billionaires whose combined net worth exceeds a trillion dollars, including Elon Musk, Tim Cook (referred to as “Tim Apple”), Jensen Huang of NVIDIA, leaders from Apple, Boeing, Meta, Mastercard, Visa, Goldman Sachs, Micron and others, as well as filmmaker Brett Ratner. Trump announced that his first request of President Xi will be to “open up” China for these companies to make deals, hoping to revive U.S.‑China trade after recent tariffs that have slashed Chinese purchases of American goods. The entourage also sparked controversy, with Musk facing potential legal trouble for traveling abroad despite a court order, and Trump defending the inclusion of Huang after a media report claimed he had been snubbed. The trip underscores Trump’s pattern of surrounding himself with corporate titans to pursue economic and diplomatic goals in China.
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PBS NewsHour - The Latest | Who was on Trump's plane to China? Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO and more by Michelle Chapman, Associated Press
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President Donald Trump flew to Beijing on Air Force One accompanied by a high‑profile delegation of U.S. business leaders – among them Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO who previously headed Trump’s short‑lived Department of Government Efficiency; Tim Cook, Apple’s outgoing chief executive; Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia; and Boeing’s CEO Kelly Ortberg – as well as top executives such as BlackRock chairman Larry Fink, Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman, Cargill’s Brian Sikes, Citi’s Jane Fraser, GE Aerospace chief H. Lawrence Culp, Goldman Sachs’s David Solomon, Illumina’s Jacob Thaysen, Mastercard’s Michael Miebach, Meta’s Dina Powell McCormick, Micron’s Sanjay Mehrotra, Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon and Visa’s Ryan McInerney. The entourage underscores the trip’s focus on trade, artificial‑intelligence policy and broader economic issues as Trump meets President Xi Jinping.
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Home - CBSNews.com | Top U.S. CEOs worth nearly $1 trillion accompany Trump to China
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President Trump flew to China on Air Force One accompanied by a delegation of U.S. CEOs whose combined net worth approaches $1 trillion, including Tesla’s Elon Musk (≈ $688 billion), Nvidia’s Jensen Huang (≈ $183 billion), Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman, Apple’s Tim Cook, Boeing’s Kelly Ortberg, BlackRock’s Larry Fink, Meta’s Dina Powell McCormick and other leaders such as Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon, GE Aerospace’s Larry Culp, Citigroup’s Jane Fraser, Micron’s Sanjay Mehrotra, Cargill’s Brian Sikes and Goldman Sachs’s David Solomon. The visit underscores the high stakes for American companies in China as Washington and Beijing negotiate on trade, artificial‑intelligence cooperation and the Iran conflict, with Trump pledged to ask President Xi to “open up” China so these executives can expand their business activities and boost the Chinese economy.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-china-trip-billionaire-ceos-musk-huang/
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Times of India | After reports of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang missing Trump’s China visit, US President says ‘Jensen is currently ...’
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US President Donald Trump reportedly called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on the morning of May 12, urging him to join the President’s China delegation, and Huang subsequently boarded Air Force One for the trip. Trump confirmed Huang’s participation in a Truth Social post, listing other tech leaders such as Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Larry Fink, and several CEOs who will travel to China to meet President Xi Jinping, with the President’s agenda focused on agriculture and commercial aviation rather than high‑end semiconductors. The article notes that while the administration has cleared Nvidia’s H200 AI chips for export to China, the deals have stalled due to Chinese regulatory hurdles, and Trump plans to ask Xi to “open up” China for these industry leaders.
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After reports of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang missing Trump’s China visit, US President says ‘Jensen is currently ...’ - The Times of India
Tech News News: US President Donald Trump reportedly called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the 11th hour Tuesday, May 12 to join his China delegation, says a report by Se.
Observer | 16 Business Leaders to Join Trump on High-Stakes China Trip, With Notable Absences by Rachel Curry
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President Donald Trump is set to travel to Beijing for a two‑day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, accompanied by a delegation of 16 top U.S. executives from technology, finance and manufacturing, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, BlackRock’s Larry Fink and CEOs of Qualcomm, Micron, Boeing, Goldman Sachs and others. The visit comes amid heightened U.S.–China tensions over trade, AI, semiconductor exports, Taiwan, fentanyl trafficking and the broader geopolitical fallout of the Iran war, and signals the growing role of corporate America in diplomatic negotiations as firms seek to secure supply‑chain stability and market access. Notable absences were Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Cisco’s Chuck Robbins, while the delegation is expected to discuss potential new “boards of investment” and “boards of trade” and address specific corporate interests such as Tesla’s approval for its full‑self‑driving technology and Boeing’s pursuit of a major Chinese aircraft order.
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ABC News: Top Stories | Musk, Cook and other prominent US executives invited to join Trump on trip to China
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According to a White House official, President Donald Trump has invited several high‑profile U.S. business leaders to accompany him on his upcoming trip to China, including Elon Musk—former head of the short‑lived Department of Government Efficiency and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX—who has been dealing with legal issues and ongoing AI controversies; Tim Cook, the outgoing Apple chief who has navigated tariff negotiations and shifted iPhone production amid Trump’s trade policies; and Robert “Kelly” Ortberg, the new Boeing CEO focused on recovering the aerospace giant while pursuing aircraft sales to Chinese airlines despite steep new Chinese tariffs. The delegation highlights Trump’s emphasis on trade, artificial intelligence and broader economic ties as he prepares to meet President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
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Zeteo | Top Susan Collins Donor Rakes in Millions From Maine Workers by Andrew Perez
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Stephen Schwarzman, the billionaire CEO of Blackstone, has become the top individual donor to Republican Senator Susan Collins’s re‑election effort, giving $2 million to her primary super‑PAC, Pine Tree Results, and an additional $5 million to the GOP‑aligned Senate Leadership Fund that will spend heavily to keep Collins in office. Blackstone manages roughly $480 million of Maine’s public‑employee retirement assets and, over the past 15 years, has collected about $49 million in fees from those investments—figures that likely understate the true cost because they omit typical profit‑sharing charges. This financial relationship highlights how the firm profits from Maine’s workers while its founder financially backs political campaigns aimed at preserving Republican control of the Senate.
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US Top News and Analysis | Trump invites Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Larry Fink and other CEOs to join China trip for Xi summit
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President Donald Trump has invited a delegation of top U.S. executives—including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Apple CEO Tim Cook, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, as well as leaders from Blackstone, Cargill, Citi, Cisco, GE Aerospace, Goldman Sachs, Illumina, Mastercard, Meta, Micron, Qualcomm, Visa and others—to join his trip to China for meetings with President Xi Jinping, with the agenda focused on trade, artificial‑intelligence cooperation, export controls, Taiwan and the Iran conflict, and with Trump hoping to secure a series of business deals and purchase agreements during the summit.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/11/trump-ceos-elon-musk-tim-cook-larry-fink-xi-china-summit.html
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NonilexThe list of donors released by the #WhiteHouse includes the usual deep-pocketed #Republicans, such as #casino magnate #MiriamAdelson & private-equity mogul #StephenSchwarzman, but also a host of companies whose leaders have huge incentives to maintain good relations with an often vindictive head of state. They include #telecom giants & the #railroad giant Union-Pacific—which needs the #Trump admin’s sign-off on a proposed $85 billion merger with Norfolk Southern.