Trump Declares War on ‘Artificial’ in AI: ‘It’s Pure Genius, Not Fake’

Trump didn’t declare war on AI—he rolled out the red carpet and told it to make itself at home. The former president’s January 23 executive order basically torched Biden’s cautious approach to artificial intelligence and replaced it with something that screams “America First” in binary code.

Executive Order 14179 reads like a love letter to Silicon Valley. Gone are the days of wringing hands over AI risks and equity concerns. The new policy? Full speed ahead, regulations be damned. Over 90 federal actions are lined up in Trump‘s AI Action Plan, set to drop on July 23 with what will surely be a modest presidential address.

Full speed ahead, regulations be damned—Trump’s AI policy is Silicon Valley’s wildest dream come true.

The plan’s got three big ideas: innovate faster, build more data centers, and sell American AI to anyone who’ll buy it. Commerce and State Departments are now in the AI export business. Because nothing says diplomacy like shipping algorithms overseas.

Federal agencies aren’t just encouraged to use AI—they’re practically required to marry it. Every agency needs a Chief AI Officer now. That’s right, the DMV might get an AI boss before it figures out how to reduce wait times.

These new chiefs have until April 2026 to fix or ditch any “high impact” AI systems that don’t meet standards. No pressure. OMB memos from April 2025 spell out exactly how federal agencies should handle their AI procurement and use policies.

But here’s where it gets spicy. Trump’s team decided “woke” AI is public enemy number one. Federal contracts now come with ideological purity tests for AI models. If your chatbot shows any signs of having opinions about social issues, it’s banned from government work.

Because apparently, the biggest threat to democracy isn’t biased algorithms—it’s algorithms that might hurt someone’s feelings. The Biden EO’s mandatory red-teaming for high-risk AI models is now dead, replaced with trust in the free market to self-regulate.

Money’s flowing too. Pennsylvania scored $90 billion for energy and data centers, part of something called “Stargate.” Sounds like a sci-fi movie, but it’s just Trump’s way of making sure America wins the AI race. With AI projected to displace 300 million jobs by 2030, the administration seems more focused on winning the technology race than addressing potential workforce disruption.

The message is clear: innovate now, regulate later, and whatever you do, keep the AI politically neutral. It’s capitalism meets computer science, with a side of culture war.