When President Donald Trump unveiled the government’s new AI chatbot on Tuesday, he couldn’t stop singing its praises. In his speech, Trump said that America.gov is “one of the most revolutionary product launches of all time.”
“It’s not just simply a website, it’s a restoration of America’s founding promise, and it’s a reinvention of your government for the 21st century and beyond,” he continued. In fewer words, Trump thinks his administration’s new invention is “damn good.”
The new search engine, powered by artificial intelligence (or “super intelligence,” as Trump insists it be rebranded), consolidates information from “official government sources” to answer any and all questions about the United States, including guiding users through confusing government documents and processes.
But pulling from official government sources means the bot’s responses are by and large based in fact, not opinion—and they often contradict the rhetoric spouted by President Trump himself.
That set the stage for social media’s latest free-for-all on the commander-in-chief, with his own “revolutionary product” turned against him.
“AMERICA DOT GOV IS WOKE,” declared one post, accompanied by a screenshot of the chatbot saying that President Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, flying in the face of Trump’s frequent claim that the election was “stolen.”
Several politicians got in on the action, too. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) thanked the bot for finally giving him “a straight answer from someone in the Trump administration,” and Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) said it was “good to know” that there’s never been evidence of significant voter fraud in a U.S. election after the site confirmed it.
Other politicians took aim at more of Trump’s controversial moves as president. Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) got the chatbot to confirm that Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act is set to strip 10 million Americans of their health insurance, writing, “At least someone in this administration is willing to admit the devastating health care losses for Americans caused by Trump and Congressional Republicans.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) gave the tool a spin as well, prompting it to confirm that the war in Iran increased diesel and gas prices in the U.S. “Even America.gov agrees: Donald Trump drove up your gas prices,” she wrote.
Though America.gov has quickly become a source of “gotcha” moments for Democrats, the site purports to be politically neutral. Opinion-based prompts will often return a response of, “I do not give political opinions.” That means it won’t comment on Trump directly, only give objective answers about his political career—which, as social media is proving, might be even more damning.