Editor's DeskFiled Oct 8, 2026

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Natural Intelligence

On Sept. 22, 2026, President Trump said artificial intelligence would be “officially called super intelligence.” In an executive order from Sept. 29, 2026, President Trump ordered that “to the maximum extent permitted by law, the executive branch shall use the terms ‘Super Intelligence’ and ‘SI’ in place of ‘Artificial Intelligence’ and ‘AI’ and will not acknowledge the usage of ‘Artificial Intelligence’ and ‘AI’ in any applicable setting.” Executive orders only directly affect federal agencies and their employees. On Oct. 8, 2026, in a post speaking on behalf of the White House, he labeled “anyone that uses the term, ‘Artificial Intelligence,’” “THE ENEMY!” President Trump has repeatedly called groups of people “vermin,” “animals,” and “not people.”

At best, some people may believe those statements are funny and, at worst, other people may wholeheartedly agree with them. Political opponents, comedians, and some of the general public also denigrate individuals or groups based on physical or other attributes that are not related to their actions or political views. Dehumanization has been an early warning sign of genocide and purges in history. Jewish people were called a “bacillus.” In Rwanda, Tutsis were called “cockroaches.” Other genocides and purges are filled with similar rhetoric. President Trump is not a Nazi. Nazis were a regime that murdered six million Jews and millions from other groups they dehumanized. President Trump labels groups that don’t agree with him as an enemy. On Sept. 28, 2024, President Trump described “this mass migrant invasion of murderers, rapists, hoodlums, drug dealers, thugs, and vicious gang members.” President Trump’s post for Minnesotans to “fight back” against Somali immigrants could be interpreted as calling for violence against that group. President Trump’s labeling of Somali immigrants could be related to charges against a single 18-year-old Minnesota man whose parents are from Somalia the day before. None of these actions are appropriate for America’s President. Labels can be used to reduce another person’s humanity, and dehumanization in any form is absolutely evil.

I’m one person with a tiny voice and a blog. I enjoy political discourse and even lively debates. What I can’t tolerate is dehumanization or generalizations about groups of people.

First page of Executive Order 14434, Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence, as published in the Federal Register — Executive Order 14434 of Sept. 29, 2026, as published in the Federal Register, Vol. 91, No. 190, Oct. 2, 2026, page 63129 (page 1 of 2). Copy hosted at whitehouse.gov.

President Trump's Truth Social post of Oct. 8, 2026, saying the White House considers anyone who uses the term Artificial Intelligence the enemy — Screenshot of President Trump's Truth Social post, Oct. 8, 2026 (time shown in UTC; 12:14 PM Eastern). truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117406176604364910

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy About page, which uses the term artificial intelligence — Screenshot of whitehouse.gov/ostp, captured Oct. 8, 2026, about 11:17 PM Eastern, after the Sept. 29 executive order

President Trump's Truth Social post of Oct. 8, 2026, telling Minnesotans to fight back against Somali immigrants — Screenshot of President Trump's Truth Social post, Oct. 8, 2026 (time shown in UTC; 4:30 PM Eastern). truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117407181257047860

Roll Call transcript of President Trump's April 2, 2024 speech in Grand Rapids, Michigan — Transcript excerpt, President Trump in Grand Rapids, Mich., April 2, 2024, 00:10:48 to 00:11:48. Roll Call Factbase, rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-law-enforcement-officials-grand-rapids-michigan-april-2-2024

Roll Call transcript of President Trump's March 16, 2024 rally in Vandalia, Ohio — Transcript excerpt, President Trump in Vandalia, Ohio, March 16, 2024, 00:15:38 to 00:16:39 (the gray block is an advertisement on the source page). Roll Call Factbase, rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-vandalia-ohio-march-16-2024

Roll Call transcript of President Trump's December 16, 2023 rally in Durham, New Hampshire — Transcript excerpt, President Trump in Durham, N.H., Dec. 16, 2023, 00:46:28 to 00:47:28. Roll Call Factbase, rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-durham-new-hampshire-december-16-2023

Roll Call transcript of President Trump's November 11, 2023 speech in Claremont, New Hampshire — Transcript excerpt, President Trump in Claremont, N.H., Nov. 11, 2023, 01:43:52 to 01:45:13. Roll Call Factbase, rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-claremont-new-hampshire-november-11-2023

Official record of President Trump's remarks at a roundtable on California's immigration enforcement policies, May 16, 2018 — Excerpt from Remarks at a Roundtable Discussion on California's Immigration Enforcement Policies, May 16, 2018. Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents, DCPD-201800338, govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-201800338/html/DCPD-201800338.htm

Roll Call transcript of Maria Bartiromo's October 13, 2024 interview with President Trump, the 'enemy from within' answer about Election Day — Transcript excerpt, Maria Bartiromo interview with President Trump, Oct. 13, 2024, 00:08:14 to 00:08:57. Roll Call Factbase, rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-maria-bartiromo-fox-business-october-13-2024

Roll Call transcript of the same interview, the answer about two enemies and the enemy from within — Transcript excerpt, same interview, 00:27:54 to 00:29:04 (the gray block is an advertisement on the source page). Roll Call Factbase, rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-maria-bartiromo-fox-business-october-13-2024

Excerpt of the prosecutor's speech at the August 1936 Moscow trial calling the defendants mad dogs of capitalism — Speech for the prosecution by A. Y. Vyshinsky, Moscow trial, Aug. 22, 1936 (morning session). From the English-language Report of Court Proceedings, first published by the People's Commissariat of Justice of the U.S.S.R., Moscow, 1936 (translator not listed). Text via the Marxists Internet Archive, marxists.org/history/ussr/government/law/1936/moscow-trials/22/prosecution.htm

First page of the People's Daily editorial Sweep Away All Monsters, June 1, 1966, in the official English translation — Editorial of the People's Daily (Renmin Ribao), June 1, 1966, 'Sweep Away All Monsters.' Official English translation, in The Great Socialist Cultural Revolution in China (3), Foreign Languages Press, Peking, 1966, page 1. Scan via the Marxists Internet Archive, marxists.org/history/erol/china/cr-3.pdf

Page 59 of the Rwanda tribunal's 2003 judgment, paragraph 179, on a Kangura article that called the Tutsi cockroaches — Page 59 (paragraph 179: a Kangura article that used "cockroach" for the Tutsi, the literal meaning of the word Inyenzi). Judgement and Sentence, Prosecutor v. Nahimana, Barayagwiza and Ngeze, Case No. ICTR-99-52-T, Trial Chamber I, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 3 Dec. 2003. Official English text, via the Open Society Justice Initiative, justiceinitiative.org/litigation/prosecutor-v-nahimana-et-al

Page 60 of the Rwanda tribunal's 2003 judgment, the end of the article's text and paragraph 180 — Page 60 (the article's text continues; paragraph 180). Judgement and Sentence, Prosecutor v. Nahimana, Barayagwiza and Ngeze, Case No. ICTR-99-52-T, Trial Chamber I, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 3 Dec. 2003. Official English text, via the Open Society Justice Initiative, justiceinitiative.org/litigation/prosecutor-v-nahimana-et-al

Passage from Hitler's book Mein Kampf, Volume I, Chapter III, calling Jews that bacillus which is the solvent of human society — Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, Volume I, Chapter III (Political Reflections Arising out of My Sojourn in Vienna). English translation by James Murphy. Public-domain text via Project Gutenberg Australia, gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200601.txt

Passage from Hitler's book Mein Kampf, Volume I, Chapter II, comparing a Jew to a maggot in a putrescent body — Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, Volume I, Chapter II (Years of Study and Suffering in Vienna). English translation by James Murphy. Public-domain text via Project Gutenberg Australia, gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200601.txt

Roll Call transcript of President Trump's September 28, 2024 rally in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, where he promises to liberate Wisconsin from a mass migrant invasion of murderers, rapists and others — Transcript excerpt, President Trump campaign rally, Prairie du Chien, Wis., Sept. 28, 2024, 00:26:22 to 00:27:17. Roll Call Factbase, rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-campaign-rally-prairie-du-chien-wisconsin-september-28-2024

Transcript of President Trump's June 16, 2015 announcement speech, where he says some Mexican immigrants are rapists and that some he assumes are good people — Remarks Announcing Candidacy for President in New York City, June 16, 2015 (excerpt). The American Presidency Project, University of California, Santa Barbara, presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-announcing-candidacy-for-president-new-york-city

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