Trump unveils “Super Intelligence Force” led by national intelligence director

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday the formation of a new “Super Intelligence Force,” saying it will be led by national intelligence director Jay Clayton and other members of his administration.

In a Sunday-morning post on his Truth Social network, Trump framed the body as a coordinating effort: the Force is “tasked with coordinating the effort of the Federal Government to ensure that America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence, which many say is bigger than the Industrial Revolution, and the Internet, and will protect the interests, and improve the lives, of all Americans.”

TechCrunch describes the move as Trump’s latest response to the debate over AI safety, following a recent White House meeting with AI executives.

So far only the Force’s stated purpose and its leadership have been disclosed. Its size, budget, legal authority, and how it fits with existing White House AI bodies remain unannounced.

The signal matters because naming “super intelligence” explicitly elevates the goal from keeping America ahead in AI to ensuring it leads in superintelligence — a phrase that maps directly onto the current argument over how fast AI should be developed and how it should be governed.

What to watch: whether the Force receives formal authority and funding, whether it touches model-safety evaluation or export controls, and how it divides work with existing AI policy tools. Until those details land, it is closer to a political statement than a working institution.