Evening Wire: Trump Greenlights China Chips & GenAI.Mil Debuts | 12.9.25
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Trump makes a major announcement on Chinese chips, the U.S. military unveils its new AI platform, and tens of thousands of migrant kids that went missing under Biden have been found. I'm Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, December 9th. This is Evening Wire. President Trump announced a major decision on China and high-powered chips. Daily Wire reporter Breka Stoll reports.
On Monday, President Trump announced that he had informed President Xi that the United States will now allow Nvidia to ship its H200 chips to approved customers in China under conditions that allow for continued strong national security. The president said Xi responded positively and that the United States will receive 25% of the chip sales. The White House did not immediately respond to requests for clarification on whether that 25% will be paid by China or Nvidia. However, in August, reports surfaced of a separate deal in which Nvidia would share 15% of their profits from chip sales with the US government. More details are expected to see if Monday's deal follows a similar structure. President Trump emphasized that Nvidia's most advanced chips, Blackwell and Rubin, would not be included in the H200 export authorization.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has announced the launch of a military AI platform powered by Google Gemini. The platform, dubbed GenAI.mil, will allow the U.S. military to conduct research, analysis, and other operations at unprecedented speeds. Here's Hegseth explaining the benefits of the new platform.
The future of American warfare is here, and it's spelled A-I. As technologies advance, so do our adversaries. But here at the War Department, we are not sitting idly by.
What major announcement did Trump make regarding Chinese chips?
Under the leadership of President Trump, America will lead the charge on this technological transformation by revolutionizing the way we win.
Speaking of Hegseth, President Trump says he defers to him on whether to release the video from the second boat strike and denies supporting it outright. Daily Wire reporter Zach Jewell has the latest on the controversy.
Last Wednesday, Trump said that whatever Secretary Pete Hegseth's War Department had, quote, we'd certainly release, no problem. When asked about it again on Monday, the president had this to say. Hegseth now says... Whatever Hegseth wants to do is okay with me. He now says it's under review. Are you ordering the secretary to release that full video? Whatever he decides is okay with me. Trump doubled down on his confidence in Hegseth and addressed the strike video in an interview with Politico released this morning.
He's doing a great job. Have you watched the video? He was stopping. I watch everything, yeah. I watch everything. I see a lot of things.
And do you believe that that second strike was necessary?
Well, it looked like they were trying to turn back over the boat, but I don't get involved in that. That's up to them.
The administration released a 29-second unclassified video showing the first strike on September 2nd, but the full video of the follow-up strike has been shown to only a select few lawmakers. Hegseth Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are scheduled to meet today with top Intelligence Committee lawmakers behind closed doors.
President Trump says Europe is going in some very bad directions after the EU slapped the Platform X with a $140 million fine under its Digital Services Act. Trump was visibly surprised when he heard the news. Here he is being asked about it.
Whoa, that's a nasty one. Elon has not called me to ask for help on that one.
But no, it's a tough thing. I don't think it's right.
No, I don't think it's right. I don't see how they can do that. I'll speak about it later. I'm going to get a full report on it.
Europe has to be very careful. Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio also blasted the fine as a foreign attack on America's free speech values. Ex-owner Elon Musk fired back, accusing EU officials of exploiting a platform bug to boost their own announcement, and then he terminated their ad account.
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:03–1:48
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What major announcement did Trump make regarding Chinese chips?
1:48–6:29
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How will the new military AI platform GenAI.mil transform operations?
6:29–10:23
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What controversy surrounds the release of military strike videos?
10:23–11:54
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