Nardine Saad
Sat, September 19, 2026 at 4:08 PM CDT
3 min read
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US President Donald Trump has announced that he will form an “AI Force” and appoint an artificial intelligence tsar amid warnings about the emergent technology.
In a social media post on Saturday, he said his administration “will not in any way hinder or stifle the growth” of the industry, and pushed back against calls to slow down the development of AI until better safeguards are put in place.
His post came as a slew of warnings about the potential dangers of AI have spurred calls for coordinated action on the technology’s development.
Trump offered no details or a timeline for his plan.
“AI is the next Industrial Revolution, or Internet, but will be even larger and more impactful, possibly as much as 25% of our Country’s GDP,” he said on social media, adding that he wants the US to continue leading China in AI.
AI now sits at the heart of the US-China rivalry as the world’s two largest economies seek to gain an edge in advanced tech, and it is expected to be discussed when Trump meets President Xi Jinping next week.
Meanwhile, Trump said his administration would use the existing criminal and civil justice system to target any bad actors using the AI.
He also repeated comments that criticism and concerns around the potential dangers of AI are a “hoax”.
Claims by current and former researchers that the tech will endanger humanity – with one suggesting there is a greater than 10% chance of it “killing all humans” – have raised alarm bells in recent weeks.
Comment: Trumpelstilskin can’t keep a rational thought in his head. Each new issue that comes up seems to send him up a “rung less ladder”, Warnings from the AI manufacturers are now deemed a hoax! The reason Presidents have cabinet members is to keep him advised to events in the world that keep us and our allies up to date and safe. The biggest hoax is this Presidency! Our long time adversaries are watching with much enthusiasm because they realize how inept the “Presidiot” is! Trumpel has convinced himself of his ability to lead and swim in deep end of the pool. In less than a full year he has managed to screw up the economy, create rifts between us and our allies of 70 years, ruined the economy of a few neighboring countries. It is unfortunate that his ardent followers are accepting the harm to their lives as well as all other American voters. As good a grifter as he is, he can’t grift his way out of the mess he made as he has done previously in many businesses that have gone belly up under his leadership Isn’t it time for a wakeup call?
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