Trump emphasizes US data-center construction in exchange with Musk

In an exchange with Elon Musk, Donald Trump claimed that Chinese President Xi Jinping would welcome data centers the United States did not want. Trump asked whether Musk agreed, and Musk answered, “Yes.”

Trump went on to frame data centers as valuable to both China and the United States. The accompanying commentary advocated building them in suitable US locations.

The available text provides no independent evidence for Trump’s characterization of Xi’s position or details of their purported conversation; it remains an attributed claim.