Donald Trump is a consensus seeker who consults with Elon Musk, Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, open source developers, silicon chip makers, and Jensen Huang regarding technology policy.
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The Dan Bongino ShowSep 16, 2026
The record shows Trump meeting and signing an accord with Amodei, Musk and Huang, and phoning Huang, but as of the 2026-09-16 posting date it mostly shows him rejecting Amodei, Altman and Musk's calls for oversight and echoing Huang.
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… He is a consensus seeker, guys, ladies, listen. It's not a flex, who cares? I worked for the guy. He does not, he doesn't walk in a room and go, "Hey, man, give me your opinion," but I don't care. The guy is a consensus seeker. He's gonna go out and ask Elon and ask Dario and ask Sam, and he's gonna go ask open source developers, frontiers, he's gonna go ask silicon ship makers and Jensen Wang from Nvidia, "Hey, what do you think the best way to do this is?" And he's gonna formulate an opinion. All the people in the media are not gonna be so discursive and impulsive, and he never, that's not the guy I know. …
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Contradicts. Reporting from before the posting date says Trump rejected calls from Amodei, Altman and Musk for greater government oversight, and was described as aligned with Huang and Sacks against those leaders, which cuts against a picture of him synthesizing inputs from all of them.[1][2][3]
Supports. Later reporting shows Trump hosted a White House summit and signed a voluntary AI accord with Amodei, Musk and Huang, among other tech leaders, which supports some of the claimed consultation (though after the 2026-09-16 posting date).[4][5]
Context. No source addresses consultation with open source developers or silicon chip makers other than Huang, and 'consensus seeker' is a characterization rather than a checkable fact.
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 not rated, 2 tier 2
- 1Trump califica riesgos de IA como una "farsa" y dice que ... - AP Newsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2Two camps have emerged in the debate over AI safety and ...cnbc.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 3Why Trump trusts Jensen Huang over AI safety warningsthenews.com.pk · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Trump says top tech firms have signed accord to 'self- ...npr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5After summit with tech titans, Trump calls for 'self-regulation ...nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
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