“Over the years, there have been many Hoaxes, all generated by the Radical Left Dumocrats, for purposes of destroying our Country. RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, UKRAINE, UKRAINE, UKRAINE, Global Warming, Impeachment Hoax # 1 , Impeachment Hoax # 2 , Men in Women’s Sports, Transgender for Everyone, and now, the decimation, or destruction, of AI, commonly known as Artificial Intelligence — And I, as President of the United States, will not stand by and let this happen,” the president posted on Truth Social.
Trump’s announcement arrives amid growing disagreement over how aggressively the federal government should regulate AI.
Some technology executives and researchers have warned that increasingly sophisticated AI systems could create serious safety and national-security risks. Others argue that excessive regulation could slow American innovation while China continues investing heavily in the technology.
Trump is clearly placing greater emphasis on the latter concern.
The president also defended the enormous data centers being constructed to support the AI boom. Such projects have encountered opposition in some communities over electricity demand, water consumption, infrastructure requirements, and other local impacts.
Trump argued that the economic benefits can outweigh those concerns.
“It all began with an attack on our Data Centers, until people realized how wealthy and prestigious they were for the Communities in which they were built. Higher Salaries, Lower Taxes, and Safer Streets, was the result, and the crazed Data Center attack has largely failed, so now, in much the same way as they changed the term “Global Warming” to ‘Climate Change,’ in that it covers a much larger ‘territory’ of doubt, they are going straight at AI,” the president continued.
Then came Trump’s biggest announcement.
Rather than embracing a broad new regulatory crackdown, Trump said his administration intends to encourage AI development while using existing criminal and civil law to deal with wrongdoing.
“We will not in any way hinder or stifle the Growth of this incredible Industry. Rather, we will cherish it, help it, and watch over it, as it grows! However, we will also be looking for BAD, and we can do that, very easily, with our already existing Criminal and Civil Justice System. For this purpose, I am forming the AI Force, much like I did Space Force, which has been a tremendous SUCCESS, in my First Term. To that end, I will be announcing, in the near future, the AI ‘Czar’ — Only High I.Q. individuals need apply.”
The comparison with Space Force immediately raised questions about what Trump has in mind.
Space Force became an official branch of the U.S. Armed Forces in 2019. Trump did not say whether his proposed AI Force would have anything resembling that organizational status.
In fact, major details remain unanswered.
The president did not disclose where the AI Force would sit inside the federal government, how many people it would employ, what authority it would possess, how much money it would receive, or precisely how the forthcoming AI czar would interact with existing agencies.
Current reporting indicates that the White House has yet to publicly clarify those issues.
What Trump did make clear was the larger objective.
He described artificial intelligence as “the next Industrial Revolution” and compared its potential significance with the rise of the internet.
That makes the policy debate much bigger than chatbots or Silicon Valley startups.
AI is increasingly tied to American manufacturing, semiconductors, energy infrastructure, military capabilities, cybersecurity and the broader technological competition between Washington and Beijing.
“We are leading China, and the rest of the World, and I intend to keep it that way,” Trump concluded.
The forthcoming appointment will also revive a White House position that previously belonged to venture capitalist David Sacks.
Trump selected Sacks as his White House AI and Crypto Czar in December 2024. Sacks later reached the limit of his service as a special government employee and left the formal position in March 2026. He subsequently moved into a broader advisory role as co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
Who replaces him could offer the clearest indication yet of how Trump intends to handle one of the defining technological battles of his second term.
For now, the president’s message is straightforward: Washington may police illegal conduct involving artificial intelligence, but he does not want the federal government choking off an industry his administration views as crucial to American economic and strategic power.
And with China pursuing the same technological prize, Trump’s new AI Force suggests the White House increasingly sees artificial intelligence not merely as another technology sector, but as a national competition the United States intends to lead.
