National science and technology advisor Michael Kratsios made clear on My View with Lara Trump that the administration intends for the next great breakthroughs in artificial intelligence to happen right here at home, not overseas. His message was blunt and patriotic: invest in American talent, protect research, and don’t hand the keys of the future to our geopolitical rivals.
Kratsios laid out a blueprint focused on revitalizing basic research and strengthening the pipeline from lab to marketplace, stressing the need for government to be a partner—not a hostage—to innovation. That approach recognizes what conservatives have always known: free enterprise combined with targeted, smart government support unleashes transformative technology.
This is welcome after years of muddled priorities and bureaucratic red tape that chased talent and capital abroad. If Washington actually follows through by cutting needless regulation, defending intellectual property, and incentivizing private investment, America can reclaim its role as the engine of global innovation. The alternative—letting other nations dominate AI—would be a national security and economic disaster.
Kratsios’ talk also reminded viewers why conservative stewardship matters in science policy: we prioritize results, efficiency, and accountability over virtue signaling and endless committee studies. Real breakthroughs come from marrying bold private-sector ambition with clear federal support for foundational science, not from woke ideological experiments that hollow out merit and excellence.
There’s a practical side to this agenda that shouldn’t be ignored: protecting sensitive research from foreign exploitation and ensuring taxpayer-funded labs produce national benefit. Conservatives should push for stronger export controls, stricter vetting of foreign-funded projects, and incentives that keep manufacturing and high-value R&D on U.S. soil. If Kratsios and this administration mean what they say, those are the kinds of policies we ought to demand and defend.
Americans who want prosperity and security should welcome a strategy that puts innovation first and restores American leadership. This interview was more than soundbites — it was a call to action for policymakers to stop playing defense and start building the 21st-century backbone of our economy. If Washington listens, the next industrial revolution will bear an unmistakable American stamp.
