Trump rolls out ‘Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan’ to scale back AI regulations and push U.S. dominance
President Donald Trump dropped a 28-page AI action plan on Wednesday aiming to slash AI regulations and cement U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence.
The plan focuses on three pillars: accelerating AI innovation, building U.S. AI infrastructure, and leading global AI diplomacy and security. It demands cutting back environmental rules on data centers and barring federal contracts with AI models that show “ideological bias.” 
Trump has been scrapping Biden-era AI safeguards since taking office. Just hours after his inauguration, he rescinded Biden’s 2023 Executive Order on AI safety standards. Days later, he signed a new order to axe AI policies seen as innovation barriers. The Biden-backed AI Safety Institute is being revamped into a “pro-innovation” U.S. Center for AI Standards and Innovation.
At a White House AI Summit Wednesday, Trump signed three more Executive Orders: fast-tracking AI infrastructure permits, pushing exports of U.S. AI tech, and banning biased AI—including those tainted by Critical Race Theory—from federal contracts.
Trump declared:
“From this day forward, it’ll be a policy of the United States to do whatever it takes to lead the world in artificial intelligence.”
Pillar I: Accelerate AI innovation
The plan demands cutting “red tape and onerous regulation” that block AI development. Federal agencies must review and nix rules that hamper AI growth. States with heavy AI regulations risk losing federal AI funds.
It also insists AI systems should prioritize free speech and “truth rather than social engineering agendas.” It targets the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s AI Risk Management Framework for removal of references to misinformation, DEI, and climate change. The federal government will only deal with AI providers who guarantee “objective and bias-free” systems.
Pillar II: Build American AI infrastructure
The report slams U.S. energy and grid stagnation while China builds out. It calls environmental regulations “troubling” for slowing infrastructure growth and wants to fast-track permits under the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. The goal: upgrade the electric grid to power AI data centers.
Pillar III: Lead in international AI diplomacy and security
The U.S. must export its entire AI stack—hardware, models, software, applications, and standards—to allied countries. The plan blasts international bodies like the UN and G7 for pushing “burdensome regulations” or “cultural agendas” misaligned with U.S. values. It urges agencies to use America’s global clout to push AI governance that favors innovation and counters authoritarian influence.
“The United States supports like-minded nations working together to encourage the development of AI in line with our shared values,” the plan reads.
“But too many of these efforts have advocated for burdensome regulations, vague ‘codes of conduct’ that promote cultural agendas that do not align with American values, or have been influenced by Chinese companies attempting to shape standards for facial recognition and surveillance.”
Read the full plan here.
