---
title: "Trump Fears Self-Driving Cars: “You Can’t Stop the F*cking Thing”"
description: "Donald Trump reportedly told several people that he believes self-driving cars will never work, despite his administration's push to develop them."
date: "2019-03-18"
modified: "2019-03-18"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/donald-trump-trust-autonomous-cars"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Self-Driving Vehicles"
tags:
  - "Autonomous vehicles"
  - "donald trump"
  - "regulation"
  - "Self-driving cars"
---

# Trump Fears Self-Driving Cars: “You Can’t Stop the F\*cking Thing”

![Donald Trump reportedly told several people that he believes self-driving cars will never work, despite his administration's push to develop them.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/donald-trump-trust-autonomous-cars.png>)
*\<em\>Image: GM/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Corroborating Stories

Donald Trump has aligned himself with the [71 percent of Americans](<https://futurism.com/americans-trust-self-driving-cars>) wary of self-driving cars, reportedly telling a number of people he doesn't trust autonomous vehicle tech, [according to *Axios*](<https://www.axios.com/trump-hates-self-driving-cars-autonomous-vehicles-be21a19a-e666-4001-9e24-f908261aa5f5.html>).

*Axios* spoke to four anonymous sources who all heard Trump say he doesn't believe self-driving technology will ever be perfected.

When a fellow golf club member expressed excitement for the self-driving capabilities of his new Tesla, the club member told *Axios* Trump replied by saying: "Yeah that's cool but I would never get in a self-driving car... I don't trust some computer to drive me around."

## Incongruous Stance

Trump's comments come as a surprise, given his administration's [push to relax regulations](<https://futurism.com/the-u-s-is-reshaping-the-future-of-self-driving-vehicles>) and speed up the rate at which companies can develop and test self-driving vehicles. But apparently his own administration's efforts aren't enough for Trump to relinquish control over his golf cart's steering wheel.

"You know when he's telling a story, and he does the hand motions," one source told *Axios* in regards to Trump's comments. "He says, 'Can you imagine, you're sitting in the back seat and all of a sudden this car is zig-zagging around the corner and you can't stop the fucking thing?'"

**READ MORE:** [Scoop: Trump hates "crazy" driverless cars](<https://www.axios.com/trump-hates-self-driving-cars-autonomous-vehicles-be21a19a-e666-4001-9e24-f908261aa5f5.html>) \[*Axios*\]

**More on self-driving cars:** *[Poll: Cool Teens Think Self-Driving Cars Are Totally Lame](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/teens-self-driving-cars>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

### Author social links  
[Twitter](<https://x.com/danrobitzski>)