Trump puts China competition first in AI guardrails debate

His 60 Minutes interview moves beyond the midterm fallout to whether safety restrictions could hold back American artificial intelligence.

Channel: 60 Minutes Story of November 10, 2026Trari Newsroom

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President Donald Trump: The 2026 60 Minutes post-midterms interview

Asked about the dangers of increasingly powerful artificial intelligence, President Donald Trump puts competition with China at the center of his answer. He is open to guardrails, he tells 60 Minutes, but not if they leave the United States behind.

"I don't mind guardrails, but I don't want to put us in a deep second position."

That exchange adds a technology-policy dimension to an interview whose election and immigration remarks have already drawn attention. The broadcast version gained roughly two million views since yesterday, though its audience is watching a conversation spanning several subjects, not an AI-only interview.

The AI discussion begins after Trump shows the interviewer portraits in the Oval Office. He describes American leadership in AI and superintelligence as a high-stakes contest with China, and downplays fears that the technology could pose an existential threat. His answer establishes a priority rather than a detailed safety policy: restrictions should not cost the country its technological lead.

The conversation then turns to another technological unknown: UFOs. Trump recounts unexplained encounters described to him by Air Force pilots, while saying he is unaware of secret research programs being concealed from presidents.

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The interview drew roughly two million views since yesterday. That audience covers the full conversation, from the midterm results to AI and UFOs.

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4,250,000

▲ 20,000 in the last 7 days

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the video

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16,128

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6,645

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