{"id":2610763,"date":"2026-06-04T17:19:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-denies-chinas-ties-to-anti-data-center-movement-in-us\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T17:22:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:22:04","slug":"trump-denies-chinas-ties-to-anti-data-center-movement-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-denies-chinas-ties-to-anti-data-center-movement-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump denies China&#8217;s ties to anti-data center movement in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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-denies-chinas-ties-to-anti-data-center-movement-in-us%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=2610763&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>Donald Trump dismissed claims that China is driving the backlash against AI data centers in the United States, saying both countries have their own concerns and that the U.S. is \u201chighly refined.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, House Energy and Commerce chairman Brett Guthrie warned that China is behind a campaign to oppose AI data centers, pointing to allegations that China and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-candidate-proceeds-to-runoff-in-colombian-presidential-election\/\" title=\"Pro-... candidate proceeds to runoff in Colombian presidential election\">foreign actors influence<\/a> U.S. opinion through state media, nonprofits, and \u201cdark money\u201d groups. Guthrie and other lawmakers cited a study from the Bitcoin Policy Institute claiming foreign-funded efforts have funneled billions of dollars into anti-data center advocacy.  <\/p>\n<p>The article also notes that domestic frustration with data centers-especially their impact on energy costs-has contributed to lukewarm public support, with a Public First poll showing U.S.voters have among the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-bidens-public-approval-falls-near-lowest-level-polls-show\/\" title=\"Polls indicate that Joe Biden&#039;s ... approval is nearing its lowest level.\">lowest approval rates<\/a> for data centers compared with other major countries.  <\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> rejected the claim that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"232\">China<\/a> is behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >anti-data center fervor sweeping<\/a> the nation during a Thursday afternoon event at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8767\">White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had a great meeting with China, and you know they do things to us, and we do things to them. I say it all the time,\u201d Trump told reporters during an event on coal. <\/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\/4595848\/trump-china-anti-data-center-movement\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump denies China is funding data center opposition movement in US<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4595849\/trump-iran-war-restart-red-line-troops\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says Iran war will restart if Tehran kills more US troops<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4595816\/trump-bill-pulte-wont-be-permanent-pick-director-national-intelligence\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump announces Bill Pulte won\u2019t be permanent pick for director of national intelligence<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey say, \u2018Oh, are you worried about China tapping your phones?&#8217;\u201d Trump continued. \u201cI said, \u2018Well, they\u2019re worried about the same thing.\u2019 No, we\u2019re very highly sophisticated. We\u2019ve become very highly sophisticated.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House Energy and Commerce Committee warned on Thursday that China is behind a campaign to oppose artificial intelligence data centers in the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur nation is locked in a race with China to innovate and lead the world in the development of Artificial Intelligence technologies,\u201d House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/04\/us-news\/china-may-be-fueling-anti-ai-data-center-protests-in-us-lawmakers-tell-white-house-in-chilling-warning\/\">told<\/a> the <em>New York Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO), the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has also accused China of funding nonprofit groups to sow discord against AI data centers, as has billionaire <em>Shark Tank<\/em> star Kevin O\u2019Leary and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guthrie and other lawmakers pointed to a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.btcpolicy.org\/articles\/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai\">study<\/a> from the Bitcoin Policy Institute, which claimed \u201cinternational actors are working through state media organizations, nonprofit networks, and dark money groups to shape US policy and public opinion on artificial intelligence.\u201d The BPI report said foreign billionaires \u201chave funneled more than $2 billion\u201d into advocacy groups opposing data centers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/op-eds\/4585842\/foreign-influence-fuels-anti-data-center-movement\/\">FOREIGN INFLUENCE OPERATIONS ARE FUELING THE ANTI-DATA CENTER MOVEMENT <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans have grown weary of data centers that have driven up energy costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Public First <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/pfdatablog.com\/blog\/how-the-data-center-boom-could-end\">poll<\/a> showed that U.S. voters, at 26%, had the lowest support for data centers among 15 large nations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump dismissed claims that China is driving U.S. opposition to data centers, citing US-China mutual actions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2610764,"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\/06\/AP26042797748620.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36906,47534,46272,3634,32515],"class_list":["post-2610763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-china-relations","tag-data-centers","tag-technology-policy","tag-trump","tag-us-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26042797748620.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610763","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\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610763"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610767,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610763\/revisions\/2610767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2610764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}