India, Nov. 1 -- US President Donald Trump on Saturday backed Nvidia's Jensen Huang after a report said he had been a target of a suspected Chinese intelligence operation, saying that the United States was looking "very closely" at the issue.

"I have a lot of respect for Jensen. I didn't know about the specific thing, but I hope he's going to be OK. He's a great, brilliant person, and we want to protect our brilliant people," Trump told reporters at his Florida residence, AFP reported.

"We're going to check it out very closely," the president added.

A New York Times report on Tuesday said Huang might have been the target of a suspected Chinese intelligence operation through his association with Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, a Ch...