Monday, November 24, 2025

Surprising Issue Driving a Wedge Between Trump and MAGA Base

President Donald Trump faces an unexpected rift in the MAGA movement as Republican officials from statehouses to Capitol Hill warn his full-throated embrace of the tech industry's artificial intelligence boom risks undermining Americans' economic security and exposing their children to new harms.

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President Trump faces an unexpected rift in the MAGA movement as Republican officials warn his embrace of the tech industry's artificial intelligence boom risks undermining Americans' economic security and exposing their children to new harms.

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-- The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) Nov 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM

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... Trump has appointed influential tech investors and entrepreneurs to key positions in his administration and backed the sector's ambitions for AI, scrapping regulations introduced by President Joe Biden and facilitating huge investments from foreign companies and governments into American AI firms.

This past week, the White House explored using an executive order to quash state regulation on AI. The president has trumpeted the billions of dollars in investments flooding into the technology, which has propped up U.S. economic growth this year, as evidence his plan to reboot the American economy is working.

But a growing cohort of Republicans -- including Govs. Ron DeSantis of Florida and Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas and prominent members of Congress like Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri -- argue AI's breakneck growth could undermine the party's populist appeal. Some have called for regulation to protect Americans against job losses driven by automation, shield teenagers from harms caused by chatbots, and curb spikes in utility bills linked to the energy-guzzling data centers that power AI technology. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-24 12:12 AM

@#1

So the gold trinkets that the tech billionaires seem to give Pres Trump seem to have a negative effect upon the opinions of those in his populist base?


Who would have thought?


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-24 12:15 AM

Nicolae Cescescu........

#3 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-11-24 09:10 AM

maga base don't have money to bribe trump like big tech does.

all they had was their votes. and now their votes aren't needed. trump can rape them however he wants.

when you're a star they let you do it.

#4 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-11-24 05:34 PM

Up the Ass.

Bareback.

#5 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-11-25 05:24 PM

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