At a Washington launch event for the new AI‑powered America.gov portal, President Donald Trump made a firm statement: there will be no joint artificial‑intelligence venture with China, citing national security concerns.
Trump, who addressed the crowd at the U.S. federal services website’s unveiling, warned that partnering with China would amount to "giving away secrets" that would advantage the country’s major economic rival.
The remark followed President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to the White House, during which Washington and Beijing agreed to resume an AI dialogue and set up a channel to avoid misunderstandings in tech disputes.
"If we do that, we’re going to be giving a lot of secrets that China would want," Trump said, underscoring that the U.S. and China are the only two players in the AI race.
Despite mounting public pressure for tighter AI safety regulations, Trump has repeatedly dismissed such worries as a hoax, comparing them to a fabricated "global warming" narrative.
A recent Politico poll found that two‑thirds of Americans see at least a moderate risk that AI could harm humanity, and 44% of Trump supporters prefer a pause in development. Trump, however, has vowed to keep U.S. AI leadership intact and resist collaboration that might hand the technology to China.
