Trump Administration

The Trump Administration is the executive branch of the United States federal government under President Donald Trump's second term, which began in January 2025, and serves as a primary force shaping U.S. artificial intelligence, semiconductor, and emerging technology policy.

In practice, the administration has pursued an activist industrial policy toward technologies it regards as strategically vital. In quantum computing, it has committed billions of dollars in grants to private companies, in some cases taking minority equity stakes — an unusual arrangement that has attracted both participation and resistance from major technology firms. At the same time, it has moved to reduce federal AI regulation, a retreat that has prompted individual U.S. states to pass their own AI governance laws to fill the resulting vacuum.

The administration has also wielded export control authority as a foreign-policy tool, pressuring domestic AI developers to suspend or restrict global access to their most advanced models. These decisions ripple across the international AI ecosystem, affecting how American-built systems reach researchers, businesses, and governments worldwide.