Trump to Tech Giants: Factories in China, Workers in India — 'Under President Trump, Those Days Are Over' (July 23, 2025)

At a summit on artificial intelligence in Washington, President Donald Trump told America’s tech giants it was time to put America first. “Many of our largest tech companies have reaped the blessings of American freedom while building their factories in China, hiring workers in India, and slashing profits in Ireland—you know that—all the while dismissing and even censoring their fellow citizens right here at home. Under President Trump, those days are over,” Trump said on July 23, 2025, according to the transcript published by the American Presidency Project [1].

“Winning the AI race will demand a new spirit of patriotism and national loyalty in Silicon Valley and long beyond Silicon Valley,” he said [1].

“We need U.S. technology companies to be all in for America. We want you to put America first—you have to do that. That’s all we ask,” Trump said [1].

The video above shows Trump at the AI summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on July 23, 2025. Quotes are from the American Presidency Project and the Federal Register [1][2].

”A Nation of Builders”

Trump laid out the plan. “First, my administration will use every tool at our disposal to ensure that the United States can build and maintain the largest, most powerful, and most advanced AI infrastructure anywhere on the planet,” he said. “America needs new data centers, new semiconductor and chip manufacturing facilities, new power plants and transmission lines.” [1]

“But it’s time to reclaim our heritage as a nation of builders, and that’s why, upon taking office, I signed a historic Executive order directing that every one—and this is so important—for every new regulation, 10 old regulations must be immediately eliminated,” Trump said [1].

”We Are Getting Rid of Woke”

Trump announced an AI Action Plan and signed executive orders. “And third, once and for all, we are getting rid of woke. Is that okay?” he said [1].

“But Biden gave billions of dollars to companies that have nothing but cash, and they don’t say where to build. It’s just give them money. But here’s the problem, they have to hire lots of woke people,” Trump said [1].

”He Has 100 Percent”

Trump told how he first heard of Nvidia’s chief executive, Jensen Huang. “I said, ‘What percentages of the market does he have?’ ‘Sir, he has 100 percent.’ I said: ‘Who the hell is he? What’s his name?’ ‘His name is Jensen Huang, Nvidia,’” Trump recalled, to laughter [1].

“He said, ‘No, it would take at least 10 years to catch him, if he ran Nvidia totally incompetently from now on.’ So I said: ‘All right. Let’s go on to the next one,’” Trump said. “And then I got to know Jensen, and now I see why.” [1]

“Jensen, you’re going to have to explain that to me someday, why they need so damn much,” Trump joked about the electricity AI needs. “My father always used to say, ‘Turn off the lights, son.’” [1]

“The Biden Diffusion Rule”

“The last administration was obsessed with imposing restrictions on AI, including extreme restrictions on its exports,” Trump said. “This alienated American partners and drove even our friends into the arms of China and other countries.” [1]

“That’s why, upon taking office, I repealed the so-called ‘Biden diffusion rule’—can you imagine that?—that crippled American AI exports,” he said [1].

”We’re Leading China Very Substantially in AI”

On copyright, Trump said AI must be able to learn. “When a person reads a book or an article, you’ve gained great knowledge. That does not mean that you’re violating copyright laws or have to make deals with every content provider,” he said [1].

“China is not doing it, and if you’re going to be beating China—and right now we’re leading China very substantially in AI—very, very substantially,” Trump said [1].

”A $550 Billion Signing Bonus”

He opened with news of a trade deal. “We got a $550 billion signing bonus—for the country. And we had the tariff at 25 percent,” Trump said of Japan. “But we agreed to reduce it to 15, based on the fact that Japan has agreed, for the first time ever, to open up its country to trade.” [1]

“So we’re paying zero; they’re paying 15. We’re getting $550 billion,” he said [1].

By the Numbers

$550 billion: Japan’s investment in the trade deal, per Trump [1].
15 percent: the new tariff on Japan, down from 25, per Trump [1].
100 percent: the market share Trump was told Nvidia had [1].
10 years: how long Trump was told a rival would need to catch Nvidia [1].

What Happened Next

The woke AI order took effect. Executive Order 14319, “Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government,” says: “Americans will require reliable outputs from AI, but when ideological biases or social agendas are built into AI models, they can distort the quality and accuracy of the output.” [2]

“For example, one major AI model changed the race or sex of historical figures—including the Pope, the Founding Fathers, and Vikings—when prompted for images because it was trained to prioritize DEI requirements at the cost of accuracy,” the order says [2].

For Karoline Leavitt on China’s DeepSeek in her first briefing, see HYGO News’ page on Jan. 28, 2025. For Trump on European Union tariffs, and the EU deal he reached four days after this summit, see the page on Feb. 26, 2025.