U.S. President Trump advocates for exclusion of progressive ideologies from major American industries.
President Donald Trump's administration, on July 23, 2025, unveiled an AI Action Plan and signed three executive orders aimed at accelerating U.S. AI development and infrastructure, promoting AI exports, and ensuring ideological neutrality in federal AI systems[1][2][3].
The AI Action Plan emphasizes the importance of promoting ideologically neutral AI systems within the federal government. This is achieved through the executive order titled "Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government" which updates federal procurement guidelines to source AI from developers who provide objective AI models[1][4].
The plan and executive orders direct agencies like NIST to revise existing AI Risk Management Frameworks by removing references to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and other social/political concepts. This aims to ensure AI governance frameworks focus purely on technical and factual neutrality, avoiding ideological influences[1].
The administration's approach is part of a deregulatory push to remove barriers inhibiting AI innovation and promote U.S. global AI dominance. The AI Action Plan calls for infrastructure investment, international export promotion, and rapid permitting for data centers, all under a "Build Baby Build!" ethos to accelerate American AI leadership[1][4].
However, the focus on ideological neutrality has sparked controversy. Democratic lawmakers, including AI Caucus Chair Don Beyer, have criticized the "Preventing Woke AI" executive order as counterproductive, arguing that true AI neutrality requires training on facts and science but that the administration’s framing of “anti-woke inputs” is not truly neutral but politically motivated[2].
The growth of artificial intelligence is expected to boost business for chip manufacturers like Micron Technology, with the company planning to build a massive complex of chip plants in the town of Clay, north of Syracuse[5].
Trump's executive orders on AI do not address concerns such as model safety, environmental risks, and potential job losses. The European Commission, one of the governments that has approved AI regulations, has taken a different approach[6].
The Center for Democracy and Technology has expressed concern about the requirements on ideology in AI models, stating that they are an "impossible, vague standard" that can be weaponized[7]. Trump's orders attempt to dictate how chatbots deal with contentious political issues, taking aim at the ideology of AI models[8].
According to The Guardian, Trump decried "woke Marxist lunacy in the AI models" before signing his orders[9]. Another executive order focuses on promoting the export of U.S. AI products[10]. The immediate focus on federal AI procurement means the order’s direct impact is initially narrow, but it signals a broader policy stance on AI ideological content[1][4].
References:
- The White House - AI Action Plan
- The Hill - Trump's AI order faces backlash from Democrats
- CNET - Trump signs executive orders to boost AI, space and more
- Politico - Trump signs executive orders on AI, space, infrastructure
- CNBC - Micron to build massive chip plants in upstate New York
- Reuters - European Commission approves AI regulations
- CDT - Statement on the Executive Order on AI
- The Guardian - Trump takes aim at AI ideology in executive orders
- The Guardian - Trump decries 'woke Marxist lunacy' in AI models before signing orders
- White House - Executive Order on American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
- The "Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government" executive order, part of President Donald Trump's AI Action Plan, updates federal procurement guidelines to prioritize AI developers offering objective models and aims to revise existing AI Risk Management Frameworks to focus on technical and factual neutrality, removing references to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and other social/political concepts.
- The AI Action Plan, signed by President Trump in July 2025, seeks to ensure ideologically neutral AI systems within the federal government by prioritizing AI procurement from developers who provide objective AI models and revising AI Risk Management Frameworks to eliminate DEI and social/political concepts, with the ultimate goal of avoiding ideological influences.
