Want to see which business leaders are in President Trump’s inner circle? Look no further than the VIPs on Air Force One. Tech billionaires Elon Musk and Jensen Huang were among the passengers who got to fly to China with the president.
Musk was among the first people to step off the plane after it landed, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to the White House travel pool report. Close behind was Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, who boarded when the jet refueled in Anchorage, Alaska. (He appeared to be a late addition to the list of CEOs set to accompany Trump on the trip.)
Both CEOs have complex dealings with both the U.S. and China. Tesla counts China as a key market and Musk has repaired his relationship with Trump after a tumultuous end to his stint at DOGE. Huang has been in a tango over the sales of advanced AI chips to China.
