MAGA hates AI, but Trump agrees with Bernie it might be time for partial government ownership

The strangest political convergence of 2026 just got stranger. Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. government may take direct equity stakes in AI giants like OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI — essentially endorsing the populist logic that Sen. Bernie Sanders articulated just days earlier, and validating the fears that have been building inside his own MAGA base for months.

“You make them a partnership in this revolution,” Trump told reporters Friday. “It would be a beautiful thing.” Read Entire Article