MAGA begins to crack as 2026 GOP roster backs away from Trump's tech vision

With a slew of polls showing that most Americans oppose the construction in their communities of new data centers to power AI, a growing number of Republicans running in this year's elections are putting daylight between themselves and President Donald Trump.

Trump, a strong proponent of data center development, took to social media Monday to argue that if communities "want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign."

But with GOP strategists...