--- title: "Trump’s Biggest Fans Furious at His Embrace of AI" description: "Some of Donald Trump's most diehard supporters in office are rallying against the president's embrace of artificial intelligence." date: "2025-09-16" modified: "2025-09-16" authors: - name: "Joe Wilkins" job_title: "Correspondent" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jwilkins" url: "https://futurism.com/trump-fans-ai-plan" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" tags: - "ai regulation" - "donald trump" - "government" --- # Trump’s Biggest Fans Furious at His Embrace of AI ![Some of Donald Trump's most diehard supporters in office are rallying against the president's embrace of artificial intelligence.]() *\Image: Andrew Harnik / Getty / Futurism\* Partisan politics in the United States makes for a generally contentious atmosphere But these days, the mainstream rift isn't just between blue and red — even some of president Donald Trump's most diehard fanatics have become openly belligerent over the president's [obsession with AI](). Following the release this summer of president Trump's "AI Action Plan" — a [sweeping blueprint]() outlining the white house's strategy to ramp up AI development while slashing regulation — a number of far-right stalwarts from Marjorie Taylor Greene to Steven Bannon have ripped into Trump over his tech policies. "I have many concerns about the AI Executive Order signed yesterday by President Trump," [Taylor Greene wrote]() on X-formerly-Twitter, the day after Trump's "[Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government]()" executive order. "My deep concerns are that the EO \[executive order\] demands rapid AI expansion with little to no guardrails and breaks," the Georgia representative continued. "This needs a careful and wise approach. The AI EO takes the opposite." And Bannon, a longtime Trump loyalist who briefly served as Trump's chief strategist at the outset of his first term, compared the approach to "summoning the demon," according to [new reporting from *Politico*](). The former Trump aide also made headlines in early September when he joined conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer in a [scathing critique]() of the president's photo-op dinner with tech tycoons including Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates. "There isn’t a single Trump supporter who is going to be happy to see this photo tonight," [Loomer said in a post]() on X-formerly-Twitter. "Zuckerberg and Gates belong in prison. Not at the dinner table with President Trump." Candace Owens, another formerly prominent personality in Trump media circles, went a step further when she [rescinded her support]() for Trump this summer, saying that she was "embarrassed" to have campaigned for the president during his 2024 election bid. While Owens hasn't criticized Trump's AI policy directly, she has blasted the tech in the past, calling software like [Elon Musk's Grok]() an "inherent danger." Other political characters in the outer rings of the Trump orbit are also taking issue with the president's embrace of AI. Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn — who [recently cheered]() as Trump [signed an order]() deploying hundreds of federal agents and National Guard troops to her home city of Memphis — has likewise spurned the president over an [AI regulation provision]() in the "Big Beautiful Bill." "This provision could allow Big Tech to continue to exploit kids, creators, and conservatives," Blackburn said in a [statement]() at the time. "Until Congress passes federally preemptive legislation like the Kids Online Safety Act and an online privacy framework, we can’t block states from making laws that protect their citizens." The rift highlights a fascinating contradiction between Trump's ideological supporters and his moneyed interests: essentially**,** it's the "drain the swamp" style conservative populists who voted him into the office versus the [billionaire tech bros]() whose vast fortunes are now [deeply embedded]() in the US economy. "The base’s concerns about Big Tech are colliding with Silicon Valley’s influence in this administration," Mark Beall, former Director of Strategy and Policy at the Department of Defense's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, told *Politico*. When it comes to Trump's AI ambitions, Wynton Hall, the social media director at the right wing publication *Breitbart* concurred. "There is within the conservative movement certainly a concern about child safety, mental health, all those things," he told *Politico*. "The transhumanism stuff is also a real concern for conservatives." **More on Trump:** [*A Sitting President Is Making Billions Off Crypto, Which Feels Like a Bit of an Outrage*]() ## Author At Futurism, I focus on the intersection of technology and power — examining the economics, history, and politics behind today’s dystopian headlines. As a writer, I’m interested in topics ranging from AI’s impact on labor to startups nobody asked for. My prior work includes bylines in Jacobin, Verso, and Blue Labyrinths. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Forbes, The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, Time, The Nation, Mother Jones, The Verge, and Wired. I grew up in Michigan, attending Central Michigan University as well as Ball State University, where I earned a master of music. I now live in Brooklyn with my girlfriend and our cat Ziti. On weekends, you can find me hunched over a cold pint arguing geopolitics with the other transplants. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()