Topline
President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration will aim to create a singular, national regulatory process for artificial companies to clear, opposing “overregulation” from states as the race for AI supremacy speeds up among some of the world’s most valuable companies.
US president Donald Trump delivers remarks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on November 19, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
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Key Facts
Trump, speaking at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum, said state-level regulations for AI are a “disaster,” adding, “because you’ll have one woke state and you’ll have to do all woke.”
The president said his administration is going to create a singular approval process for AI companies, saying without it, “you’ll have a couple of wokesters.”
Trump did not expand on what the approval process would look like and whether Congress will be involved, though some states around the U.S. have already passed their own laws on AI development and the use of AI in online content and health care.
Trump’s comments come after he said in a Truth Social post Tuesday, “overregulation by the States is threatening to undermine this Growth Engine,” alleging some unspecified states are trying to establish “Woke AI.”
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House Republican leaders like Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., are looking to pass a state-level AI regulation ban, according to Punchbowl News. House Republicans unsuccessfully attempted to include a provision in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” from earlier this year that would have banned states from regulating AI for at least 10 years.
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Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/11/19/trump-urges-federal-ai-regulation-to-combat-woke-state-laws/

