Trump says the US leads the AI race with China ‘by a lot’
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- ▪“They’re not taking, these AI plants — which are very big — the power from the grid, because the grid doesn’t have the power, it’s old, it’s tired.
- ▪They’re making their own power plants, they’re making the most beautiful power plants.”Advertisement Debates over data center construction and their effect on local electricity costs intensified this week after Gov.
- ▪Josh Shapiro (D-PA) signed an executive order restricting data center development in his state.
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| Publication time | Mon, 24 Aug 2026 03:14:12 +0000 |
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President Donald Trump said on Sunday the United States holds a significant lead over the Chinese Communist Party in the artificial intelligence race while touting his administration’s ratepayer-protection pledge.“This is a renaissance,” Trump said in an interview with his former attorney Michael Cohen that was released in full on Sunday. “We’re bringing back the medical business, we’re bringing back the automobile business, we’re leading China in AI by a lot.” Later in the interview, Trump heralded an update to the “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” from late July, which requires AI companies to “build, bring, or buy” their own power to ensure “America’s AI dominance will not raise electricity bills” for the public.
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