India, Nov. 13 -- US President Donald Trump on Thursday said ousted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called him and expressed remorse over what the alleged affairs scandal had done to his family.

"I spoke to him yesterday. He's going through hell," Trump said in an interview with the broadcaster Stephen A. Smith on Thursday. "What he feels most badly about is his wife and family. That's what he told me. He called me."

Trump also praised Huang, who is accused of allegedly having three affairs, one including with a woman suspected of spying for China, saying he had done an "incredible job."

"Nvidia is unbelievable," he said in the interview.

On being asked if Huang should have resigned, Trump said, "Well the big thing is, was the woman a spy - a...