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Trump had ‘many’ concerns about AI draft policy order

President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the White House AI Summit at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)

By DASHA BURNS, GABBY MILLER and CHEYENNE HASLETT

White House officials and industry representatives sorting through the confusion of Thursday’s aborted artificial intelligence policy announcement still expect to see some policy emerge from the Trump administration on advanced AI models like Mythos.

But President Donald Trump has “many” specific concerns about the draft executive order, he said in an interview Friday morning. And his decision to pull it after weeks in the making, even blindsiding some senior administration officials, underscores that a final call on this novel issue will not come easy.

“I was hearing concerns, but I was also seeing the concerns myself,” Trump said when asked if any tech executives had expressed qualms about the order. “I have concerns about it, and I don’t want to approve anything until it’s done properly.”

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