Marjorie Taylor Greene takes aim at Trump on artificial intelligence
'My deep concerns are that the EO demands rapid AI expansion with little to no guardrails and breaks,' she wrote on X on Thursday.
Greene said she is concerned about the impact the order — which indicates artificial intelligence data centers will be built on federally owned land — will have on the environment and the water supply.
She also said the order threatens states who choose to regulate AI, a move she says is 'an absolute threat to federalism' and a reason she originally criticized and threatened to vote against final approval for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Greene's direct attack on artificial intelligence — an industry which Trump has made his support for known — is another in a series of notable breaks. She has also recently criticized Trump for his intervention in Iran and his criticism of some vocal MAGA supporters.
In a long post on X in May, Greene warned that she represents the MAGA base and when she is 'frustrated and upset over the direction of things' — which in the post included Iran, Ukraine, vaccines, the judicial system, use of federal funds and gender ideology — the base wouldn't be happy either.
'When you are losing MTG, you are losing the base,' she said. 'And Trump isn't on the ballot in the future, so do the math on that.'
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