Trump’s Angry Tirades on AI Accidentally Wreck GOP’s Midterm Strategy

Donald Trump attacked calls from AI scientists and executives for a slowdown in AI development, posting on Truth Social that the only oversight AI needs is a "STRONG AND SMART PRESIDENT" and calling warnings about unrestrained AI a "HOAX" and a scam by America's enemies. The posts undercut the GOP's midterm strategy, as vulnerable Republicans have called for a vote on restraining AI data-center costs and pushed other regulatory ideas while the party's leader says none of it is needed, according to MS NOW's James Downie. Downie argues Trump has revealed himself as a conventional anti-regulatory plutocrat and that Democrats should place him at the center of their story about AI's future.

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 .