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President Trump on Friday said he is directing every federal agency to immediately stop using Anthropic’s technology. “THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! That decision belongs to YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and the tremendous leaders I appoint to run our Military,” Trump said on Truth Social. “The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution. Their selfishness is putting AMERICAN LIVES at risk, our Troops in danger, and our National Security in JEOPARDY,” Trump continued. “Therefore, I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology. We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again! There will be a Six Month phase out period for Agencies like the Department of War who are using Anthropic’s products, at various levels. Anthropic better get their act together, and be helpful during this phase out period, or I will use the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow. WE will decide the fate of our Country — NOT some out-of-control, Radical Left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about,” he added. Full post below: ABC News explained further: The AI company’s CEO has made clear that despite threats from the Pentagon, they refuse to drop their two key demands: no use of its artificial intelligence for fully autonomous weapons — meaning AI, not humans, making final battlefield targeting decisions — and no mass domestic surveillance. Anthropic told ABC News that amid negotiations, the latest contract language from the Pentagon does not fully commit that the military will not use their technology for those two use cases. In fact, Anthropic said the “new language” added into the contract by the department would allow their safeguards to be “disregarded at will.” “The contract language we received from the Department of War made virtually no progress on preventing Claude’s use for mass surveillance of Americans or in fully autonomous weapons,” Anthropic told ABC News. The company added, “New language framed as compromise was paired with legalese that would allow those safeguards to be disregarded at will. Despite DOW’s recent public statements, these narrow safeguards have been the crux of our negotiations for months.” Top members of the Senate Armed Services Committee have sent a private letter to Anthropic and the Pentagon, urging them to resolve their fight. The Senate leaders are urging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the CEO of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, to extend their negotiations and work with Congress to find a solution, according to the letter obtained by ABC News. “This week, Anthropic delivered a master class in arrogance and betrayal as well as a textbook case of how not to do business with the United States Government or the Pentagon. Our position has never wavered and will never waver: the Department of War must have full, unrestricted access to Anthropic’s models for every LAWFUL purpose in defense of the Republic,” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said. “Instead, @AnthropicAI and its CEO @DarioAmodei, have chosen duplicity. Cloaked in the sanctimonious rhetoric of ‘effective altruism,’ they have attempted to strong-arm the United States military into submission – a cowardly act of corporate virtue-signaling that places Silicon Valley ideology above American lives. The Terms of Service of Anthropic’s defective altruism will never outweigh the safety, the readiness, or the lives of American troops on the battlefield. Their true objective is unmistakable: to seize veto power over the operational decisions of the United States military. That is unacceptable. As President Trump stated on Truth Social, the Commander-in-Chief and the American people alone will determine the destiny of our armed forces, not unelected tech executives,” he continued. “Anthropic’s stance is fundamentally incompatible with American principles. Their relationship with the United States Armed Forces and the Federal Government has therefore been permanently altered. In conjunction with the President’s directive for the Federal Government to cease all use of Anthropic’s technology, I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a Supply-Chain Risk to National Security. Effective immediately, no contractor, supplier, or partner that does business with the United States military may conduct any commercial activity with Anthropic. Anthropic will continue to provide the Department of War its services for a period of no more than six months to allow for a seamless transition to a better and more patriotic service. America’s warfighters will never be held hostage by the ideological whims of Big Tech. This decision is final,” Hegseth added. This week, Anthropic delivered a master class in arrogance and betrayal as well as a textbook case of how not to do business with the United States Government or the Pentagon. Our position has never wavered and will never waver: the Department of War must have full, unrestricted… — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) February 27, 2026 HealthRanger Mike Adams applauded Anthropic for showing “real integrity” and rejecting the Pentagon’s demands. “Anthropic just demonstrated real integrity and adherence to principles by REJECTING the Pentagon’s demands to allow its AI technology to be used for mass surveillance and autonomous killbots,” Adams said. Anthropic just demonstrated real integrity and adherence to principles by REJECTING the Pentagon's demands to allow its AI technology to be used for mass surveillance and autonomous killbots. Here's the visual explainer: pic.twitter.com/FCSZitt4MP — HealthRanger (@HealthRanger) February 27, 2026 “Trump and the White House are now coming off as angry teenagers. Anthropic’s decision to say NO to autonomous weapon development wasn’t ‘woke.’ It was simply pro-human,” Adams said. “Seriously, we are being led by low-IQ, immoral idiots at this point. It’s shameful. I stand with Anthropic on their decision to say no,” he added. Trump and the White House are now coming off as angry teenagers. Anthropic's decision to say NO to autonomous weapon development wasn't "woke." It was simply pro-human. Seriously, we are being led by low-IQ, immoral idiots at this point. It's shameful. I stand with Anthropic on… https://t.co/qCqgjuu6kM — HealthRanger (@HealthRanger) February 27, 2026 “When has the Pentagon ever acquired technology that it DIDN’T twist and abuse in violation of U.S. law? Those defending the Pentagon vs. Anthropic are clueless about reality. Where do you think COVID weaponization came from? It was a DoD project laundered through Wuhan, of course, and then placed into the jabs. All 100% illegal,” he commented. When has the Pentagon ever acquired technology that it DIDN'T twist and abuse in violation of U.S. law? Those defending the Pentagon vs. Anthropic are clueless about reality. Where do you think COVID weaponization came from? It was a DoD project laundered through Wuhan, of… — HealthRanger (@HealthRanger) February 27, 2026 Axios has more: Trump’s announcement is particularly extraordinary because Claude is the only AI model currently used in the military’s classified systems. It was used in the operation to capture Nicolás Maduro and could conceivably be used in a potential military operation in Iran. Defense officials praised Claude’s capabilities in conversations with Axios, with one admitting it would be a “huge pain in the a**” to disentangle. The decision is also complicated for AI software firm Palantir, which uses Claude to power its most sensitive work with the military and will likely now need to strike a deal with one of Anthropic’s competitors.

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