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Trump to hit Anthropic with executive order to remove "woke" AI Claude

10 March, 2026.Technology and Science.1 sources

Key Takeaways

White House readies an executive order
Order specifically targets Anthropic's AI Claude
Order aims to remove 'woke' content from Claude

Executive order targets Anthropic

The White House is preparing an executive order to "rip out Anthropic's AI from its operations," sources familiar with the matter told Axios.

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The move would target Anthropic’s Claude and escalate the administration’s fight with the company.

Axios reports the order would formalize a broader push across agencies to remove Claude after President Trump said his administration would not use "woke" AI.

The action comes while Anthropic is already suing the Pentagon over its supply chain risk designation.

Anthropic legal and policy dispute

Government agencies like the Treasury Department have already begun to offboard Anthropic, Axios says.

In a lawsuit on Monday Anthropic argued that "Congress in its procurement laws did not give the administration the authority to blacklist a U.S. company over protected speech."

Axios

The administration has countered that Anthropic's "safeguards" pose a national security threat in the context of industry intervening during military operations.

One source told Axios the order could be issued as soon as this week, while a White House official said "any policy announcement will come directly from" the president and that "discussion about potential executive orders is speculation."

Axios on Trump tech order

Axios places this potential order in the context of Trump’s first term, when he used executive orders to target foreign tech firms on national security grounds, including actions involving Chinese telecom companies and TikTok.

Axios

Axios notes there is little precedent for an order severing ties with a specifically named U.S. company outside standard procurement processes.

Axios concludes that "Trump is known for taking an expansive view of presidential authorities and getting creative with the law."

The story was updated with comment from the White House.