Analysis: A powerful new coalition of AI skeptics is coalescing right in Trump's blind spot
And President Donald Trump is the person most at risk. Trump seems aware of the danger, yet can't help himself from hurtling toward it. Trump can tout the...
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- And President Donald Trump is the person most at risk.
- Trump seems aware of the danger, yet can't help himself from hurtling toward it.
- Trump can tout the stock market boom all he likes — the Nasdaq composite has had 20 record closes this year — but too few Americans have enough of a stake in the market for rising share prices of a select few tech companies and the indexes that contain them to overcome their worries about job instability and the continuing concentration of wealth.
- And now add to the class-and-wealth problems of AI a heavyweight political coalition that has sway with the voters Trump would most like to persuade.
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And President Donald Trump is the person most at risk. Trump seems aware of the danger, yet can't help himself from hurtling toward it. Trump can tout the stock market boom all he likes — the Nasdaq composite has had 20 record closes this year — but too few Americans have enough of a stake in the market for rising share prices of a select few tech companies and the indexes that contain them to overcome their worries about job instability and the continuing concentration of wealth. And now add to the class-and-wealth problems of AI a heavyweight political coalition that has sway with the voters Trump would most like to persuade. Kim's evangelical group doesn't endorse candidates and isn't threatening any kind of overt political campaign against Trump. Other groups whose favor Trump and fellow GOP politicians might want to win are being even more blunt.