Tech · Trump family crypto firmTrump Family Crypto Firm Promoted Chinese AI Flagged as Security ThreatAired August 19, 2026 at 9:13 PM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00In May 2026, World Liberty Financial,0:03>> [music]0:03>> the Trump family's crypto firm, promoted0:05a venture called World Claw that offers0:08AI from many Chinese technology0:10companies and openly works with a suite0:12of Chinese AI models. [music] The0:13promotion was linked to Eric Trump and0:15Donald Trump Jr. and comes as the Trump0:18administration has flagged [music] those0:19Chinese AI companies while warning about0:21the threat of Chinese AI. That creates a0:23direct conflict between administration0:25policy that shapes [music] national0:26security and data protections and a0:28family-linked business promoting access0:30to the same class of models the0:32administration warns against. The White0:34House [music] said President Trump only0:35acts in the best interest of the0:37American people and there are no0:38conflicts [music] of interest. World0:40Liberty said using a range of models0:42including US firms like OpenAI and0:44Anthropic alongside often cheaper0:46Chinese models is common. What is still0:48not established is which specific0:50Chinese companies and models World Claw0:52actually offers, what financial or0:54ownership connection ties World Liberty0:56Financial to World Claw, and whether the0:58May promotional posts and [music] the0:59official responses have been1:01independently verified beyond the single1:02report published August 17th, 2026. The1:05promotion dates to May 2026 with the1:08account of the [music] conflict and the1:09responses emerging in the single report1:11published August 17th.1:13Like and follow for more stories that1:15matter.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗