First Lady Melania Trump attended a White House AI event, making an announcement about her “Be Best” campaign.
She shared her plans of helping America’s children navigate artificial intelligence responsibly, but her speech didn’t thrill everyone.
On the contrary, Melania received backlash from the public.
“America’s foster youth received a $30 million housing commitment in yesterday’s FY26 THUD appropriations bill,” Melania wrote.
“Thank you @rep_stevewomack and the House Appropriations Committee for supporting this key priority of Fostering the Future, a BE BEST initiative.”
Instead of praising her efforts, many changed the subject and started demanding that her husband releases the Epstein files.
“Best release the EPSTEIN files!!!” someone commented. “Can you Be Best – and release the Epstein Files?!?!” another added. “Be best released the Epstein files,” another comment read.
“I really don’t care, do you?,” someone remarked on Melania’s infamous “I really don’t care” jacket, worn during her visit to a migrant child detention center in her husband’s first term.
At the meeting she hosted, Melania Trump discussed how parents can work with their children to use AI.
“The robots are here. Our future is no longer science fiction,” Melania said. “As leaders and parents, we must manage AI’s growth responsibly. During this primitive stage, it is our duty to treat AI as we would our own children: empowering, but with watchful guidance.
“We are living in a moment of wonder,” Melania concluded. “And it is our responsibility to prepare the children of America.”
Following Melania’s appearance, Arwa Mahdawi of The Guardian suggested in an article that her involvement in AI could be motivated by factors beyond children’s welfare, claiming that the First Lady only cares about herself.
According to Mahdawi, Melania read “from a script encased in a very analogue binder,” and for that, she may “not be the best person to help manage AI’s growth responsibly and shield children from potential harm from the technology.”
The journalist added: “But if she is keen on doing this work then I suggest she stop convening taskforces on how to integrate AI into childhood education, and simply ask her husband to stop gutting public education instead. The Trump administration is, for example, attempting to defund Head Start, a federally funded early childhood program for low-income families, and cancelled a grant program that has historically funded educational children’s programs like Sesame Street.”
She ended her piece by referencing Geoffrey Hinton, often called the “godfather of AI,” who warned in the Financial Times that the technology will enrich a small group while leaving most people worse off.
“Which, I suspect, is precisely why Melania Trump and the coterie of billionaires and tech executives gathered around her at the White House are so excited about it,” Mahdawi concluded.
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