Trump’s Big, Beautiful L.L.M.

Donald Trump, David Sacks
The leitmotif of Trump’s plan and speech—descended from Silicon Valley and often echoed by the tech dudes vying for the president’s attention—is the belief that the only way to win the A.I. arms race is through the so-called freedom to innovate. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Ian Krietzberg
July 24, 2025

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Among the initial flurry of executive actions that President Trump issued in late January, upon his return to the Oval Office, was an order rescinding Joe Biden’s 2023 executive order to ensure the “safe, secure” development of artificial intelligence. In its place, Trump called for the removal of “barriers to American leadership” in A.I. and promised his own set of rules. Now, after six months of waiting—and the publication of over 10,000 public comments—Trump’s so-called “A.I. Action Plan” has arrived. On Wednesday, the president delivered his big A.I. speech and signed a trio of executive orders at an event co-hosted by the Hill and Valley Forum and the All-In guys (David Sacks is the president’s A.I. czar, after all), accompanied by the publication of a 28-page memo, titled “Winning the Race.”