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Trump Rejects Globalist AI Control After Burnham Pushes Standards

By Drooid · Sep 23, 2026, 10:04 PM UTC · How we work

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U.S. President Donald Trump met British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on the UN General Assembly sidelines on Tuesday.
Andy Burnham urged a single set of global AI safety standards before commercial deployment.
U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States would not join any globalist AI control scheme.
Andy Burnham said he will seek a UN resolution on the Chagos Islands sovereignty dispute.

History

Historical Context

On 25 February 2019 the International Court of Justice ruled 13-1 that the UK’s 1965 detachment of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius was unlawful and must end. The UN General Assembly adopted resolution 73/295, backed by 116 states. At the 2024 UN General Assembly, President Donald Trump met Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, who urged AI safety standards and a Chagos sovereignty resolution, tying decolonisation to regulatory debates.

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Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump met British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on the UN General Assembly sidelines on Tuesday.
Andy Burnham urged a single set of global AI safety standards before commercial deployment.
U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States would not join any globalist AI control scheme.
Andy Burnham said he will seek a UN resolution on the Chagos Islands sovereignty dispute.

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