{"id":2598653,"date":"2026-05-04T17:15:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-ai-will-probably-kill-jobs-but-also-create-a-lot-of-jobs\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T17:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:16:18","slug":"trump-says-ai-will-probably-kill-jobs-but-also-create-a-lot-of-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-ai-will-probably-kill-jobs-but-also-create-a-lot-of-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says AI will probably kill jobs but also &#8216;create a lot of jobs&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-ai-will-probably-kill-jobs-but-also-create-a-lot-of-jobs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2598653&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump said Monday that artificial intelligence will have a major impact on the labor market, while arguing that his governance\u2019s agenda is already boosting U.S. AI investment and jobs. Speaking at a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >small business event<\/a> at the White House, he pointed to efforts to strengthen American AI companies, comparing U.S. progress to China\u2019s and calling the competition \u201cvery friendly.\u201d Trump also claimed unemployment has fallen to its lowest level since 1969 and argued that although AI may eliminate some jobs, it will also create many new ones. he emphasized that leading in AI is crucial for U.S. economic and strategic interests and referenced his plan to meet with China\u2019s President Xi Jinping soon.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4551430\/trump-raise-tariffs-european-cars-25-percent\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> conceded Monday that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/artificial-intelligence\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1658\">artificial intelligence<\/a> will have a seismic impact on the labor market.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, speaking at a small business event at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"125\">White House<\/a>, opened his remarks by touting both foreign and domestic investments his agenda is funneling into the American economy, specifically in the AI space.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4551571\/trump-warns-iran-striking-vessels\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump warns Iran will be \u2018blown off the face of the earth\u2019 if US vessels hit in Strait of Hormuz<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4551571\/trump-warns-iran-striking-essels\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump warns Iran will be \u2018blown off the face of the earth\u2019 if US vessels hit in Strait of Hormuz<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4553845\/marco-rubio-2028-candidate-president-joe-concha\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Marco Rubio would be a \u2018very strong\u2019 2028 candidate: Joe Concha<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The Trump administration has placed a clear focus on boosting American AI companies as other countries, specifically <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"232\">China<\/a>, similarly aim to gain a foothold in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-proposes-reversal-to-infrastructure-bills-cryptocurrency-crackdown\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Proposes Reversal To Infrastructure Bill\u2019s Cryptocurrency Crackdown\">emerging industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re leading China in AI, and I\u2019m going to go see President Xi [Jinping] in two weeks,\u201d he remarked. \u201cI look forward to that, but I\u2019ll say, \u2018I\u2019m leading.\u2019 We have very friendly competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later in his speech, Trump claimed that his policies have driven down unemployment to the \u201clowest level since 1969,\u201d adding that \u201cmore Americans are working today than at any time in the history of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody was saying, \u2018Oh, will AI take our jobs?\u2019 Well, we have a lot of AI. They said, \u2018it\u2019s going to take jobs,&#8217;\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-approves-executive-order-for-sanctions-on-myanmar-officials-in-response-to-military-coup\/\" title=\"Biden Approves Executive Order For Sanctions On Myanmar Officials In Response To Military Coup\">president continued<\/a>. \u201cI said, \u2018Well, you\u2019re probably right, maybe a little bit, but it\u2019s going to create a lot of jobs.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4551271\/trump-pentagon-push-artificial-intelligence-first-force\/\">IN FOCUS: UNDERSTANDING THE PENTAGON\u2019S PUSH TO BECOME AN \u2018AI-FIRST FIGHTING FORCE\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAI is very important because that\u2019s a tremendously big industry we want to be able to lead,\u201d Trump stated. \u201cPrimarily, it\u2019s China, but others, other countries are very much active in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch Trump\u2019s comments in full below:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"nEDoEBVlHJE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Participates in a Small Business Summit\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nEDoEBVlHJE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump admits AI will reshape jobs, touts investments in U.S. AI industry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2598656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26124725777361.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[51738,60015,79087,5894],"class_list":["post-2598653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-ai-2","tag-automation-2","tag-job-displacement","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26124725777361.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2598653"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2598658,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598653\/revisions\/2598658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2598656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2598653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2598653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2598653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}