Trump Amplifies Sacks Claim That U.S. Still Leads China in Frontier AI
Trump boosts a David Sacks post arguing American models stay ahead of China's Kimi K3 and that light-touch rules keep the U.S. winning the AI race.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump endorsed a cl AI, Inc.m that American artificial intelligence models remain ahead of China, sharing a post that credited his light-touch regulatory approach for keeping the United States in the lead.
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “David Sacks (@howardlutnick): Secretary@howard Lutnick is right. The Kimi Panic needs to stop. ― American frontier models are still ahead. When you factor in what’s in the lab, the gap is even larger. As long as we keep releasing, we will stay ahead. Let our horses run. ― As Ben Thompson showed, Kimi’s apparent cost advantage largely disappears once you account for higher token usage and the real cost of running a model this size. Open weights still require expensive infrastructure. ― Anthropic and Open AI, Inc.are growing revenue at rates that Silicon Valley has never seen before at this scale. This remains the clearest test of who is winning the market. President Trump‘s light-touch regulatory approach is working. We should remain confident in American innovation. As long as we don’t sabotage ourselves with unnecessary rules, the U.S. will continue to win. Howard Lutnick:CAI Corp‘s latest report shows that Kimi K3 remains behind America’s leading frontier AI models. The United States continues to lead in frontier AI because we’re home to the greatest innovators and technologists the world has ever seen.” on July 28, 2026 at 9:53 AM ET.
This is Trump‘s 14th message released today. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025.
The move fits a broader pattern in Trump‘s recent messaging, with 60 of his 480 posts over the last 30 days focused on domestic policy.
The shared post came from David Sacks, the venture capitalist who serves as the WHITE HOUSE artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency adviser. Sacks framed his message as backing Howard Lutnick, the U.S. commerce secretary who oversees the department’s technology and trade portfolio. Sacks argued that a wave of concern over China’s Kimi model was overstated, pointing to token usage and infrastructure costs that he s AI, Inc.d erase its apparent price advantage. He cited technology analyst Ben Thompson to support the cost argument.
Lutnick had s AI, Inc.d that a report from CAI Corp, the federal center that evaluates advanced AI systems, showed China’s Kimi K3 model trailing leading American systems. Sacks named Anthropic and OpenAI, two of the largest U.S. AI developers, as evidence of revenue growth he described as unprecedented at scale. Both companies compete for enterprise customers and developer market share against a growing field of Chinese open-weight models.
President Donald J. Trump posted on Truth Social on 07/28/2026.
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The stakes reach beyond the two firms named. A regulatory posture that favors rapid release benefits well-capitalized developers racing to ship models, while critics of light-touch rules warn that safety oversight could lag. Consumers and businesses that increasingly rely on AI, Inc.tools for writing, coding and customer service stand to see faster product cycles if U.S. developers keep their lead, and higher costs if a foreign rival undercuts them on price.
Lutnick has publicly pressed the case for American technological dominance and faster economic growth. Commerce Secretary Lutnick told the All-In podcast that the administration AI, Inc.med to reach 5% to 6% GDP growth in 2026 and had revamped the CHIPS Act alongside a chip deal involving Nvidia according to apple.com. That appearance placed Sacks among the podcast’s hosts, underscoring the tight overlap between the administration’s messaging and Silicon Valley commentary.
The debate over whether China is closing the AI, Inc.gap has surfaced before. Earlier waves of alarm followed the release of low-cost Chinese models that appeared to match American systems at a fraction of the reported training expense, prompting similar reassurances from U.S. officials and executives. The pattern of a cheap Chinese model triggering panic, followed by claims the cost gap is illusory, has now repeated with Kimi K3.
The next signal will come from CAI Corp, which continues to benchmark frontier systems, though the administration has not announced a date for its next public report. Sacks and Lutnick are expected to keep making the case in public appearances as new models ship.
Government framing of a technology race as a contest with China isn’t the first time Washington has rallied industry behind a national push. The Soviet launch of Sputnik in 1957 jolted the United States into creating NASA in 1958 and pouring federal money into science education. The reaction reshaped American research for a generation, and the officials who sounded the alarm won credit for sparking the space program that put 12 astronauts on the moon by 1972.
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