{"slug": "trump-says-opposing-data-centers-is-backwards", "title": "Trump Says Opposing Data Centers Is ‘Backwards’", "summary": "President Trump warned Monday that communities opposing data centers will 'end up being backwards and poor,' according to the Wall Street Journal, putting him at odds with most Americans who say they don't want AI-powered facilities built near them. Trump said communities should want data centers to be 'successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place.'", "body_md": "“President Trump warned Monday that communities that don’t embrace data centers will ‘end up being backwards and poor,’ putting himself at odds with most Americans who say they don’t want the facilities that power AI to be built near them,” the [Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-says-communities-that-oppose-data-centers-risk-becoming-backwards-and-poor-601f41d7?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed) reports.\n\nSaid Trump: “The only reason that communities throughout the USA should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor. If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign.”", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-says-opposing-data-centers-is-backwards", "canonical_source": "https://politicalwire.com/2026/08/31/trump-says-opposing-data-centers-is-backwards/", "published_at": "2026-08-31 17:01:08+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-31 17:23:32.082877+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Donald Trump", "Wall Street Journal"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-says-opposing-data-centers-is-backwards", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-says-opposing-data-centers-is-backwards.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-says-opposing-data-centers-is-backwards.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-says-opposing-data-centers-is-backwards.jsonld"}}