Truth Social Users Rebuke Trump’s AI Push by Nearly 4 to 1
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 15
Truth Social Users Rebuke Trump’s AI Push by Nearly 4 to 1
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 15
Summary
Hundreds of replies to Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts attacked his praise for AI and data centers, with negative comments outnumbering supportive ones by nearly 4 to 1.
Trump had called AI and the data centers behind it “the Greatest Economic Development Engine in History,” but many critics appeared to be loyal MAGA supporters rather than typical online opponents.
6 million-user Truth Social usually functions as a friendly echo chamber for Trump, making the scale of visible dissent notable even though many replies were memes or unrelated and were excluded from analysis.
Rural data-center disruption and surveillance fears drove much of the backlash, underscoring how AI has become a politically awkward issue for Republicans heading into the midterms.