Did Rubio's intervention really help topple Jensen?
Last night was my poker night.
Of course we talked about Nvidia. About Jensen Huang.
And honestly?
Nobody at that table likes Rubio.
And nobody, nobody likes Trump.
But look at the clock.
Thursday. Jensen resigns.
That same afternoon, the spy story starts falling apart.
The AG: "no conclusions" on whether Alice Huang is a spy.
Then CNN, 5:32 PM: the intel community says the evidence "does not prove" she was a spy.
Officials close to the DNI call the spy label "over-torqued."
Even the CIA is "not yet convinced."
And yet. 5:43 PM. 11 minutes later.
@WSJ runs a column by
@Peggynoonannyc.
Who is she? Reagan's special assistant and speechwriter.
George H.W. Bush's "Read my lips: no new taxes"? She wrote that line.
Pulitzer Prize winner. A WSJ columnist for 26 years.
About as GOP establishment as it gets.
Her headline: "Jensen Huang Is a White House Scandal."
Her question: "What did Trump know and when?"
Her verdict: "Potentially Teapot Dome-size, Watergate-size."
Watergate. Over a spy case the DOJ, the DNI, and the CIA can't even confirm.
The arrogance is stunning.
It doesn't matter if the spy story holds up.
The targets are moving right on schedule.
Step one: take down Jensen.
Step two: the White House.
Now look at the next day.
Friday, 4:45 PM:
@washingtonpost publishes
"Behind Jensen Huang's spy scandal, a shadow war for Trump's ear on China."
The subhead already has Rubio's name on it: "Rubio's intervention helped topple" Jensen.
5:00 PM:
@SecRubio takes the stage at the Federalist Society.
If you've never heard of the Federalist Society:
it's the most powerful conservative legal network in America.
It built the pipeline that put Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett on the Supreme Court.
It shapes how a whole generation of judges reads the Constitution.
Speak there, and you're auditioning for the conservative legal elite.
This was Rubio's first big speech since the GOP's midterm wipeout.
For weeks, everyone has been asking one question: is he running in 2028?
And what did America's top diplomat say?
"America has always and, I believe, will always be a nation of irrepressible ambition."
"We, Americans, we are not passive, an inward-looking people."
"The ultimate question of our time is whether Americans have a moral right to exist as a distinct nation and a distinct people."
That's not a Secretary of State speech. That's a campaign speech.
Listen closely and you'll hear it.
A carefully prepared script, and Rubio still stumbled over his words.
He was nervous.
This audition meant too much to him.
And right on cue—15 minutes before he walks into that room,
the Post crowns him the man who took down America's most powerful tech CEO.
Perfect timing.
You're telling me the Post reporters who cover him every day knew nothing about his schedule?
Nothing about what that speech meant?
I'm not defending Rubio. I'm not defending Trump.
I already told you how my poker table feels about them.The coincidences here are just too perfect.
One more thing.
A retired lawyer at our table told me something I had completely missed.
Who is investigating Jensen?
Nvidia's independent directors hired Joon Hyun Kim.
I don't know who on Nvidia's board picked him.
But another Asian American? Just like Ted Lieu. Just like Grace Meng.
The classic racism shield.
Sound familiar? I just posted about this exact playbook.
And his firm? Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
Wachtell.
@OpenAI's longtime law firm.
The firm on OpenAI's $110 billion funding round.
Back to Thursday, the day Jensen resigned.
That afternoon, Politico reports OpenAI has quietly told Congress it now backs the chip-control bills.
The firm investigating Jensen works for the company that switched sides the day he fell.
The Republican establishment. The Democratic establishment. The Ivy League elites.
The power. The headlines. The targets.
Same direction. Same 48 hours.
All just coincidence?
Anyone who's played poker knows:
bluff hand after hand, and sooner or later somebody at the table calls.
Not a dime for $ANT.