Trump is pushing back on calls for more artificial intelligence regulation. On Truth Social, he said the only control or 'guardrails' AI needs is a 'STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT' and added that the U.S. already has 'tremendous CRIMINAL and REGULATORY power' over these companies.
Trump also said the administration has stopped AI 'people' from doing bad, or potentially bad, 'things,' and singled out Dario Amodei of Anthropic by name. Amodei had raised concerns in an open letter last week.
The president went further, calling it a 'SICK conspiracy' against AI and data centers. He said 'the only one that is happy about it is China' and wrote, 'WHOEVER WINS AI, WINS!' Trump added that the U.S. is leading China and 'all others' and will continue to do so.
Why it matters: Trump is signaling a light-touch approach to AI from the White House, with the focus on presidential power and existing enforcement rather than new rules. That is the kind of framework Silicon Valley likes and regulators distrust.
The bottom line: In Trump's telling, AI competition is a national power contest, not a paperwork contest. That puts the administrative state in the back seat and makes China the benchmark.