Donald J. Trump on Slow down AI development

Donald J. Trump

U.S. President (2025–present)

We are leading now over China, and everyone else, and I’m going to keep it that way! I’m not going to stifle Growth, of something that will be bigger than the Industrial Revolution, or the Internet, itself.

Unverified (Sep 21, 2026)

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Donald J. Trump, Truth Social post, quoted by Agencia EFE, “Trump says he won’t slow down AI growth now that US is ‘leading’ over China,” September 21, 2026. EFE reports the post’s full text and date.

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Slow down AI development

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