{"id":148688,"date":"2026-08-23T14:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T14:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/148688\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T14:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T14:06:16","slug":"fetterman-sides-with-trump-on-ai-national-security-push-with-chinese-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/148688\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman sides with Trump on AI national security push with Chinese warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen.\u00a0John Fetterman, D-Pa., on Saturday dismissed \u201cAI doomsdaying,\u201d warning that China benefits from \u201coverreaction\u201d by the United States as the two countries compete for dominance in artificial intelligence.<\/a><\/p>\n

Fetterman shared an article on X highlighting a Bloomberg analysis examining what it described as the narrowing US lead over China in the AI race <\/a>and the faster pace at which Chinese companies<\/a> are deploying advanced models.<\/p>\n

The Pennsylvania Democrat reacted to the report by arguing that advancements in AI are critical to\u00a0national security.<\/p>\n

\u201cAI supremacy and energy dominance underpins our national security,\u201d Fetterman wrote.<\/p>\n

Fetterman added that pulling back on the emerging technology would only benefit America\u2019s competitors.<\/p>\n

\u201cChina continues to fuel and benefit from our overreaction,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI reject the political pandering and hyperbole over data centers or AI doomsdaying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s post was Fetterman\u2019s latest call for the US to aggressively pursue AI development.<\/a><\/p>\n

Senator John Fetterman speaks during a Senate Committee on Homeland and Government Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026. MATTHEW KAMINSKY\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping during a visit in Beijing on May 15, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Fetterman\u2019s stance puts the Pennsylvania Democrat largely in step with Trump on the need to accelerate AI development and expand the nation\u2019s data center infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Fetterman reacted to an article reporting that\u00a0Sen. Bernie Sanders,<\/a> I-Vt., was eyeing a potential pause on AI development, arguing such a move would be welcomed by China.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerica must lead in the development of AI, otherwise we live under China\u2019s rules,\u201d Fetterman wrote. \u201cThat must not happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fetterman has also championed the development of data centers. In March, he pushed back against the prospect of imposing a moratorium on\u00a0new AI data centers\u00a0in the US, blasting the proposal as \u201cChina First.\u201d<\/p>\n

His comments came after President Donald Trump earlier this week encouraged governors and local officials to welcome the construction of AI data centers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe construction jobs are enormous. We\u2019re building the biggest plants anywhere in the world. And I can say, if I were the mayor of a town or the governor of a state, and I had a chance to get a big plant in an AI plant or a data center, I would absolutely want it because the jobs are enormous, and the money paid, the taxes paid are just enormous,\u201d Trump said at the White House on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announce the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act during a joint appearance at the US Capitol on March 25, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi heads an event to sign the Agreement on the Establishment of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization in Beijing, China, on July 16, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The president also said the AI industry needs \u201ca little public relations help\u201d as Americans have expressed concerns about data centers being built in their communities.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0Gallup poll<\/a>\u00a0from May found a majority of Americans opposed the construction of new data centers near where they live.<\/p>\n

Those surveyed who opposed the facilities cited concerns including their\u00a0electricity and water consumption and potential environmental impact.<\/p>\n

Trump signed an executive order in July aimed at expediting the permitting process for data centers.<\/p>\n

Regarding the regulation of AI, Trump suggested the industry \u201cmay be bigger than the internet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re leading by a lot with AI. We want to keep it that way. We want to regulate, but we want to have regulation where they can continue to lead, not regulation that\u2019s going to stifle a very important industry,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Alex Nitzberg and James Cirrone contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sen.\u00a0John Fetterman, D-Pa., on Saturday dismissed \u201cAI doomsdaying,\u201d warning that China benefits from \u201coverreaction\u201d by the United States…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,25,387,39,625,72803,464,465],"class_list":["post-148688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ai","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-china","tag-data-centers","tag-donald-trump","tag-john-fetterman","tag-politics","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}