# Trump’s Angry Tirades on AI Accidentally Wreck GOP’s Midterm Strategy > Source: > Published: 2026-09-15 09:00:00+00:00 After AI scientists and executives called for a slowdown in unrestrained AI development, Donald Trump unleashed a series of crazed tirades to the contrary. He [raged](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117269745153543631) that the only oversight AI needs is a “STRONG AND SMART PRESIDENT,” which seemed to refer to him. He [seethed](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117270591511950591) that all such warnings are a “HOAX” and [suggested](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117270077932428072) it’s all a scam being perpetrated by America’s enemies. What’s striking about all this is how it unintentionally sabotages the GOP’s midterm strategy. Vulnerable Republicans have been [calling](https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/10/congress/house-data-center-vote-01071789) for a vote on restraining AI data-center costs and others have [pushed](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/13/republicans-ai-josh-hawley-tech-republicans-artificial-intelligence-00961315) other regulatory ideas. Yet the leader of the Republican Party is saying none of this is needed. We talked to MS NOW’s James Downie, author of a [new piece](https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-inflation-economy-midterms-5000-checks) on the GOP’s midterm struggles. We discuss why Trump is badly undermining a core GOP strategic aim, how Trump has revealed himself as a conventional anti-regulatory plutocrat, and why Democrats, for their part, should place him right at the center of the story they’re telling about AI’s future. Listen to this episode [here](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily-blast-with-greg-sargent/id1728152109).