# Trump Privately Met with Sam Altman at GOP Convention

> Source: <https://politicalwire.com/2026/09/14/trump-privately-met-with-sam-altman-at-gop-convention/>
> Published: 2026-09-15 02:00:06+00:00

“President Donald Trump met privately with OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman backstage at the Republican midterm convention on Thursday, days after a former researcher for the company publicly accused both it and rival Anthropic of acting irresponsibly and ‘gambling with our lives,'” MS NOW reports.