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President Trump has expanded David Sacks’ portfolio in a major way, appointing the White House AI and crypto czar as co-chair of the newly formed President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, according to a White House announcement. This isn’t just a title change — it’s a signal that Trump is putting the pedal to the metal on American technological dominance. Sacks now sits at the head of a table that includes some of the most powerful names in tech: Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, and Oracle’s Larry Ellison, as outlined in the executive order establishing the council.
Together, they’ll advise the president on everything from artificial intelligence to quantum computing to keeping America ahead of China in the race for technological supremacy. “We’ve accomplished a lot in the first year, but the President wants to keep the pedal to the metal on everything tech,” Sacks told FOX Business. “That’s exactly what we will do.”
The council, established by executive order earlier this week, represents a fundamental shift in how Washington engages with Silicon Valley. Under Biden, the relationship was adversarial — regulators trying to break up companies, bureaucrats writing rules that stifled innovation, politicians grandstanding about “big tech” while American companies got outmaneuvered by Chinese competitors. Trump is taking a different approach: bring the best minds into the room, give them a direct line to the president, and let American ingenuity do what it does best.
Sacks’ dual role is particularly significant. As AI and crypto czar, he’s already working to dismantle Biden-era restrictions that had American AI companies operating with one hand tied behind their backs. He’s established a national framework for AI regulation that prioritizes innovation over compliance theater, as reported by tech policy experts. And he’s made it clear that the United States intends to win the AI race — not through government mandates, but by unleashing private sector creativity.
Now, with the PCAST chairmanship, Sacks gets to shape the broader scientific agenda. That means funding priorities, research directions, and the kind of long-term thinking that determines whether America leads the 21st century or plays catch-up to Beijing. The contrast with the previous administration couldn’t be starker. Biden’s approach to tech was defined by fear — fear of AI, fear of crypto, fear of innovation itself, as seen in his administration’s regulatory actions.
Trump’s approach is built on confidence — confidence in American entrepreneurs, American engineers, and the American system that produced the digital revolution in the first place. He’s not trying to slow down innovation to make it “safe.” He’s trying to accelerate it so America stays ahead of competitors who don’t share our values or respect our interests. The inclusion of Zuckerberg, Huang, and Ellison is strategic, as they bring expertise from their respective companies.
What does this mean for ordinary Americans? It means the technologies that will shape your life — AI assistants, medical breakthroughs, energy solutions — will be developed here, by American companies, subject to American values. It means your data won’t be flowing to Chinese servers. It means the jobs of the future will be created in Austin and Palo Alto, not Shenzhen. But here’s the question they never answer: if American companies don’t lead on AI and crypto, who will?
Trump understands what the establishment doesn’t: in a competitive world, you either lead or you follow. There’s no third option. By putting Sacks and the tech titans at the center of his science policy, he’s choosing to lead.
Providence watches over the bold.
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