Trump Wants Americans To Cash In On The AI Boom. Here’s How.

Daily Wire and The Independent report that President Donald Trump has urged AI data center developers to share money with the communities that host them, as public resistance to the projects grows. In a Wednesday Truth Social post, Trump said payments to a town or its residents, which he called a dividend, can turn hostile locals into supporters, and told companies to "MAKE DEALS, and get them built." He also said big new facilities must produce their own power and pass leftovers to neighbors or the grid, which he argued would keep bills from rising.

The Independent adds that a new Associated Press-NORC poll found 53 percent of Americans express high concern about AI's environmental toll, versus 41 percent a year earlier. Roughly six in 10 favor limits on new construction.

Daily Wire notes that cash has not always worked: Hazle Township, Pennsylvania residents reportedly were not planning to accept $10,000 per household, and two Kentucky women refused over $26 million for farmland. Governor Kathy Hochul signed a one-year New York ban on approving new hyperscale facilities, and Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers backs a one-year moratorium.

Summarized by PolitiKool from Daily Wire and The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at Daily Wire → Also at The Independent →