President Donald Trump responded to mounting AI safety debates by dismissing these concerns as part of a Democratic hoax "generated by the Radical Left Dumocrats, for purposes of destroying our Country," according to a TechCrunch report published Saturday. The president posted on Truth Social that he believes the term "Artificial Intelligence" is imprecise and lacks elegance, launching a poll asking followers to choose between Superior Intelligence, Extreme Intelligence, or Supreme Intelligence as alternative names. The poll remained active at the time of publication.

In follow-up posts on Saturday, Trump placed AI safety criticism alongside what he characterized as other Democratic hoaxes, including "RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, UKRAINE, UKRAINE, UKRAINE, Global Warming, Impeachment Hoax #1, Impeachment Hoax #2, Men in Women's Sports, [and] Transgender for Everyone." The president claimed the scrutiny started with "an attack on our Data Centers, until people realized how wealthy and prestigious they were for the Communities in which they were built," then shifted to target AI directly after "the crazed Data Center attack has largely failed." Trump provided no proof that widespread skepticism toward AI and data centers stems from orchestrated efforts rather than genuine public concern, even though lawmakers from both parties have questioned data centers and New York recently became the first state to pause permits for major projects.

Trump pledged to "cherish [the AI industry,] help it, and watch over it, as it grows," while announcing plans to form an AI Force modeled after the Space Force he created during his first term. "To that end, I will be announcing, in the near future, the AI 'Czar' — Only High I.Q. individuals need apply!" the president added, according to the report. The president didn't specify what responsibilities the AI Force or the AI czar would carry. Venture capitalist David Sacks left his role as Trump's AI and crypto czar earlier in 2026, moving to co-chair the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

The AI safety conversation has grown more heated after a researcher quit Anthropic over worries that top AI companies "earnestly believe it could kill us all by the end of the decade" and are "gambling with our lives," the report notes. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei subsequently released a proposal to "pace the frontier," which appeared to win support from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Critics of the AI sector have argued that many existential threat concerns serve as distractions from AI's more immediate damage. At the All-In Summit, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joined Trump on stage, agreed the AI backlash qualifies as a "hoax," and stated that "we're not going to let" any slowdown take place. Trump's remarks at the summit the previous weekend indicated openness to "guardrails" while simultaneously arguing that "you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn't be bringing it up." The alignment between the president and major tech executives suggests regulatory restraint may remain the administration's default stance, though the undefined mandate of an AI Force could introduce unpredictable oversight depending on who assumes the czar position.