Trump said on social media. Hegseth also deemed the company a "supply chain risk," a designation typically stamped on foreign adversaries that could derail the company's critical partnerships with other businesses. The president's decision was preceded by hours of top Trump appointees from the Pentagon and the State Department taking to social media to criticize Anthropic, but their complaints posed contradictions. It could serve as a warning to Google, which has a still-evolving contract to supply its AI tools to the military. Musk sided with Trump's administration, saying on his social media platform X that "Anthropic hates Western Civilization."

Source: The Telegraph February 28, 2026 05:25 UTC