Not anymore: Trump on whether he sees Anthropic threatening national security
Rohan Paul Twitter · Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026-06-20
President Trump tells Axios he no longer views Anthropic or CEO Dario Amodei as a national security threat, reversing a position he held as recently as one week prior.
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Topics: anthropicai-policynational-securityus-politics
Claims
- Trump stated he no longer considers Anthropic a national security threat as of the interview date.
- As recently as one week before the Axios interview, Trump had viewed Anthropic as a potential national security concern.
- Axios reporter Marc Caputo directly asked Trump whether he views Anthropic and Dario Amodei as threats to national security.
Key quotes
Well, not now, but a week ago, maybe....We were in [discussion/negotiations — truncated]