Trump’s floats creating an ‘AI Force’
President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner in the Rose Garden of the White House on September 17, 2026 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
ByEdward Graham,
Managing Editor, Nextgov/FCW
September 21, 2026 06:12 PM ET
President Donald Trump said the AI Force would be analogous with the Space Force, a military service branch created during his first term to protect U.S. space interests.
President Donald Trump said over the weekend that he plans to create an ‘AI Force’ and appoint a new artificial intelligence lead to boost U.S. development of the emerging technologies, even as he continues to push back on calls for stronger regulations on more advanced models.
In a Truth Social poston Saturday morning, Trump blamed “Radical Left Dumocrats” for growing concerns about the number of data center deployments and the potential dangers of unchecked AI development, saying that “we will...
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