Experts Cry Doomsday is Near, Trump Offers Unexpected Comment
US President Donald Trump has launched sharp criticism against the issue of climate change. He even equated various controversies surrounding the climate crisis with the recent public panic that Artificial Intelligence (AI) “will kill us all.”
Through a post on the Truth Social platform on Monday (2/21) evening local time, Trump openly denounced the threat of “Global Warming,” which he claims has now been “reborn” as “Climate Change.”
“The same people who once said, ‘We will all die in 12 years because of Global Warming’—a name that was later changed to Climate Change because the fact is this planet is cooling, not warming, and no one is dying—are now the people saying that AI will kill us, robots will attack us, and it is all a DISASTER,” Trump wrote, as quoted from Mediaite on Tuesday (2/22/2026).
“This is far more of a hoax than the Russia, Russia, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine, and Climate Change hype!” he added.
Ambition for US AI Dominance
After launching such sharp criticism, Trump immediately shifted his discussion to the AI technology sector. He asserted his determination to ensure the US emerges as the winner in the global technology race.
“Whoever wins AI, WINS! We are leading now over China and others, and I will ensure that remains so!” Trump stated firmly. “I will not hinder the growth of something that will eventually be much larger than the Industrial Revolution or the Internet itself.”
Nevertheless, he claimed his administration would remain cautious. Trump delegated oversight to law enforcement agencies, including the Department of Justice, should intervention be required in the future.
“We will be careful, and that is why we have the Department of Justice as well as other law enforcement agencies that will control various things if it is indeed necessary, but I will fully support AI or ASI (Artificial Super Intelligence)!” he said.
Plan to Rename ‘AI’
The post was shared shortly after Trump conducted a poll asking his followers for suggestions on a new name for artificial intelligence. This follows his announcement a few days earlier to change what he described as an “inaccurate” and “very unseemly” term.
The term “artificial intelligence” was first introduced by Stanford University professor John McCarthy in 1955. At that time, he defined it as the “science and technique of making intelligent machines.”
To date, there is no certainty as to how Trump—who previously attempted to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario, and was involved in legal disputes to attach his name to the Kennedy Center building—will realise the discourse of renaming this global technology.