Trump Issues Plan of Action for AI, Emphasizing an All-American Approach
In a significant move, President Donald Trump has unveiled "America's AI Action Plan" in July 2025, a comprehensive strategy aimed at ensuring U.S. competitiveness in artificial intelligence (AI) development [1][3]. The plan, structured around three main pillars, centres American workers, ensures AI free from ideological bias, and protects U.S.-built technologies from misuse or theft [1][3].
The plan emphasizes rapid expansion of AI infrastructure like data centers and aims to accelerate AI adoption across federal agencies, including the Department of Defense. It also promotes a technological edge over global competitors, particularly China [1][3].
Key objectives and approaches include:
1. **Regulatory Approach**: The plan calls for cutting red tape to promote innovation and AI deployment. It includes removing what the administration terms “woke AI” — ideological bias especially in AI models used by the federal government — to ensure AI systems remain trustworthy and truth-seeking [1][3].
2. **International AI Diplomacy**: The strategy involves exporting American AI technology to allies to sustain global competitiveness and to counter China’s growing AI influence. Intelligence collaboration is strengthened among agencies like the National Security Council and Department of Energy to monitor foreign AI projects with national security implications [1][4].
3. **Federal and Defense AI Integration**: Initiatives focus on incorporating AI deeply within the Defense Department and establishing an AI Information Sharing and Analysis Center under Homeland Security to oversee AI-related cybersecurity threats and issue guidance for the private sector [3][4].
4. **Workforce Focus**: Supporting a “worker-first” agenda, the plan expands AI literacy and skills training, preparing American workers for AI-driven economic changes and new job pathways [4].
5. **Impact on State AI Laws**: While explicit details on state AI laws are not emphasized, the federal government’s push to cut regulatory barriers and standardize AI adoption likely aims to create a consistent national AI framework that could preempt fragmented state regulations [4].
The plan advocates for rejecting "radical climate dogma" and bureaucratic red tape that could interfere with expanding AI infrastructure, including building data centers and new power plants [2]. Another executive order requires large language models used by the federal government to be neutral and "unbiased" [2].
The plan calls for reviewing all Federal Trade Commission investigations initiated by the Biden administration to ensure they do not burden AI innovation [2]. It also includes several executive orders to be signed by Trump, including one that will use the US International Development Finance Corporation and the Export-Import Bank to encourage global deployment of American technology [2].
However, the plan encourages open-sourcing of AI models, but it lacks requirements or regulations to protect the public [2]. Moreover, the plan does not seem to address theories of liability that could unduly burden AI innovation, and the administration will evaluate state AI regulations through the Federal Communications Commission [2].
In conclusion, the Trump administration's AI plan reflects a decisive strategy to integrate AI across sectors while addressing ideological and security concerns arising from AI development and deployment. It aims to maintain U.S. dominance in AI by promoting innovation, infrastructure development, and international leadership.
[1] White House (2025). America's AI Action Plan. Retrieved from https://www.whitehouse.gov/ai-action-plan/ [2] Office of the Press Secretary (2025). President Trump Announces America's AI Action Plan. Retrieved from https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-trump-announces-americas-ai-action-plan/ [3] Department of Defense (2025). America's AI Action Plan: Department of Defense Implementation. Retrieved from https://www.defense.gov/ai-action-plan/ [4] Executive Office of the President (2025). America's AI Action Plan: Executive Orders. Retrieved from https://www.whitehouse.gov/executive-orders/americas-ai-action-plan-executive-orders/
- Gizmodo reported on the future of tech, stating that the Trump administration's AI Action Plan, as outlined in July 2025, focuses on rapid expansion of AI technology in infrastructure like data centers and aims to accelerate AI adoption across federal agencies, including the Department of Defense.
- The plan also promotes artificial intelligence (AI) diplomacy, with the strategy involving exporting American AI technology to allies to sustain global competitiveness and counter China’s growing AI influence.
- In a bid to protect the future of technology, the plan advocates for rejecting "radical climate dogma" and bureaucratic red tape that could interfere with expanding AI infrastructure, including building data centers and new power plants.
