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Trump Is Right: 'Everything's Computer!' | Wesley Hodges


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"Everything's computer!" President Donald Trump said on Tuesday while checking out a Tesla. The president might be right about that, not only regarding the Tesla, but for the future of the American economy: The Trump administration is attempting to usher in the AI economy while bringing the tech giants working on this technology to heel.

Its no small task, and two massive stories from the tech world that corporate media outlets swiftly swept under the rug this week are illustrative. Thus far, however, “it is a loud silence on the part of the media,” Wes Hodges, acting director of the Tech Policy Center at The Heritage Foundation, told me on this week's episode of ”The Signal Sitdown.”

The first story came from a Facebook whistleblower’s allegations that the tech giant was willing to bend over backward to appease the Chinese Communist Party, even sharing critical technological developments in AI and then “lying about it” to U.S. officials.

The second came from Elon Musk’s X. After X suffered a series of outages on Monday, Musk said the social media platform was the victim of “a massive cyberattack to try to bring down the X system, with IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area.” Corporate media outlets swiftly trotted out experts to claim Musk’s claims were “garbage,” even though U.S. officials claim they have not yet been able to identify who was behind the cyberattack.

Though the corporate media wants the public to pay no mind to these stories, each provides essential insights into the fight for the future of the American economy, a fight President Donald Trump is fighting on two fronts. The first is with China; the second is with American elites.

“There is a lot of truth to being able to deflect and hide your source of attack with enough time and resources,” he said of those questioning whether the attack actually came from the Ukraine area. Nevertheless, “Musk's accusation that it came from Ukraine isn't something that we should rule out,” because of the enemies Musk has made since entering the political arena.

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