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Billionaires, including Musk and Zuckerberg, convinced Trump to postpone the AI decree — WP
May 23, 2026, 02:04 GMT+4Reading will take 2 minutes

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U.S. President Donald Trump at the last moment refused to sign the AI decree after phone calls with billionaires from the tech industry, including Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, reports The Washington Post citing sources. Businessmen told Trump that regulation could slow down the development of the AI industry in the U.S. and weaken the positions of companies in the fight against China.

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Trump was supposed to sign the AI decree on Thursday, May 21, but just a few hours before the scheduled ceremony, to which industry leaders were invited, he changed his mind. According to The Washington Post, Trump changed his opinion after a series of phone calls with tech company executives, including Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, as well as former cryptocurrency advisor David Sacks.

The draft decree proposed creating a voluntary system where companies would provide the government early access to new advanced AI models (up to 90 days before public release) so authorities could test them for dangerous capabilities, identify vulnerabilities, and prepare protections, citing a draft of the decree by WP. The document also stated that it did not involve licensing or mandatory government approval for the release of AI models.

However, Sacks and IT billionaires, including Musk and Zuckerberg, told Trump that a formally voluntary system could practically turn into a mandatory mechanism for coordinating releases with the government, reports The Washington Post. Sacks also warned that new rules could slow down the release of even small updates to AI models and weaken the U.S. position in competition with China, the newspaper writes.

Trump himself said he “did not like” certain provisions of the document and wanted to ensure that this decree would not lead to actions that could weaken the U.S. advantage over China in AI. Elon Musk on social network X called false reports that he persuaded Trump not to sign the decree. “I still don’t know what was in this decree, and the president talked to me after he refused to sign it,” Musk said.