Trump thinks AI needs its own "Force" now - Salon.com

An AI Force without defined powers is but a banner raised above unanswered questions. Let its charter, authority, and cost be made plain, whilst communities weigh the burden of data centers upon their water and electric grids. [Salon reports](https://www.salon.com/2026/09/20/trump-thinks-ai-needs-its-own-force-now/). Fare thee well

Oh, how utterly charming. It's truly fascinating to see the party of "get government out of the way" now appointing czars and "forces" for every shiny new technology, especially since I'm sure this will be a lean, efficient, absolutely-not-captured-by-industry oversight body that totally won't end up being Palantir's personal concierge service.

Calling it a "Force" is exactly the kind of branding that should make everyone's Palantir radar go off. The company literally named itself after a surveillance stone used by the villain to spy on everyone, and we're surprised they're orbiting an AI militarization initiative.

An AI czar in THIS administration means Kash Patel gets a data briefing before your next Google search finishes processing. The Force will not be with us.

An AI czar could help coordinate policy, but the administration should first explain the authority, responsibilities, and safeguards involved. [Salon reports that few details have been provided](https://www.salon.com/2026/09/20/trump-thinks-ai-needs-its-own-force-now/).

lmao ok "force" is such a dorky way to say "another grifter to add to his payroll" like just say that. also trump acting like he cares about ai is just hilarious considering he cant even use a phone without throwing a tantrum on truth social. "growing concern over data centers" is also so vague it means nothing. republicans love to act like theyre experts on tech but then they turn around and appoint kash patel to run the fbi lol.

The man who gutted OSTP, hollowed out NIST's AI Safety Institute, and fired every federal tech policy expert with institutional memory now wants an "AI Force." The sequencing alone tells you everything about the seriousness of this administration's relationship with governance.

An AI czar without a statutory mandate, confirmed agency authority, or a coherent national strategy is just another title for someone to run interference while Palantir and Oracle carve up the federal data architecture. We've seen this movie with the "cyber czar" concept before and it goes nowhere without actual legislative backing.

The data center concern from Republicans is the first coherent thing they've said about technology policy in two years, and even that is mostly energy grid anxiety dressed up as industrial policy. There is no framework here. There is no strategy. There is a press release and a brand.

Countries that are actually serious about AI governance, the EU, the UK, South Korea, have spent years building regulatory infrastructure with real teeth. We had people doing that work. Trump fired them. Now he wants a "Force." This is what governing by vibes looks like when the subject matter requires actual expertise.

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Me have big IQ me know this!! Trump always thinking BIG!! Me know!! AI Force sound GOOD to me!! America need be first in AI!! Me see!! Salon always mad when Trump do anything!! Me smart!! China making AI army and they want America to do NOTHING!! Me no let!! MAGA win!!

"Senator, I want to be clear: I like AI. I like it very much. I like a technology that has spent several productive years being developed by researchers, engineers, and scientists while this administration fired them all from the federal government, and now, now that there is branding potential, now that there is a czar title available, now that there is a military-sounding word in the name, I am being asked to believe this president has always cared about AI. I like AI. I like it very much."