Donald Trump has a new plan for artificial intelligence: an “AI Force” and an “AI Czar.”
The announcement came Saturday in a lengthy post on Truth Social. Trump said he would not allow the technology’s “decimation,” a word he used to describe what he sees as an unchecked threat. He called concerns about a lack of federal AI guardrails a “hoax.”
The Announced Plans
Trump’s post laid out two moves. First, he said he would create an “AI Force.” Second, he said he would appoint an “AI Czar.”
The details of what those roles would do have not been made public. Neither has a timeline for their creation.
What Trump Said About the Technology
Trump’s framing of the threat was blunt. He used the word “decimation” to describe what he sees as the danger AI poses, and he called public concern about a lack of federal guardrails a “hoax.”
He did not explain what he meant by “decimation.” He did not say who would be on the AI Force or who would hold the AI Czar position. He did not say when either would be formed.
The Czar Appointment
Trump has not said what the person in that role would do, or how they would be chosen.
A Contested Field
Trump’s announcement comes at a moment when AI regulation is a live issue. The technology’s growth has outpaced the legal and policy frameworks that govern it, at least according to the concerns he dismissed.
| Move | Description |
|---|---|
| AI Force | A new federal entity Trump plans to create |
| AI Czar | A single official Trump plans to appoint |
| Decimation | Word Trump used for the threat AI poses |
| Hoax | Word Trump used for public concern about guardrails |
What Happens Next
The announcement was made on Truth Social. It was not a speech. It was not a press release.
The question now is what the AI Force will do, who will hold the Czar title, and whether Trump can actually get either off the ground.
Where the paper stands
The paper backs no new AI force or czar for Washington to direct, and is against any office that gathers power over the tools of our own thought. Trump’s announcement is a move toward central control, and central control of the tools of thought is the danger the paper has warned against.
The announcement itself is thin on detail. Trump has not said what the AI Force would do, who would run it, or how it would be funded. He has not said what powers the AI Czar would hold or how they would be chosen. All that is known is the name and the threat, the threat posed by the technology itself and the hoax of public concern he dismissed.
This is the exact danger the paper’s position aims to avoid: a single office with power over the tools of thought, a power that gathers in one place and can be abused. When the biggest firms ask to be regulated, the paper asks who those rules would lock out; here the question is whether a single Czar can govern a field that moves faster than any office can keep pace with, and whether a force can be created without freezing today’s leaders in place.
Source material: “Trump plans to form ‘AI Force,’ appoint ‘AI Czar’,” thehill.com.
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