# Americans Never Retreat from a Frontier by Donald Trump > “The United States leads the world in superintelligence and will continue to do so safely and responsibly. Americans have never been a nation that retreats from a frontier or shrinks from a challenge, no matter how great or how daunting that challenge may be.” > **— Donald Trump**, *United Nations General Assembly, September 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Indexed source and context:** [[research/Super Intelligence Week Index of Statements from the White House Luncheon|Super Intelligence Week Index of Statements from the White House Luncheon]], entry “Donald Trump — Frontier.” - **Publication record:** [Source preserving the statement](https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-united-nations-general-assembly-new-york-city-21); the index classifies the wording as official published transcript. - **Editorial treatment:** The complete contiguous statement is reproduced with typographic punctuation normalized. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Research index:** [[research/Super Intelligence Week Index of Statements from the White House Luncheon|Super Intelligence Week Index of Statements from the White House Luncheon]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War|The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Donald Trump|Donald Trump]] - [[wiki/AI Superpower|AI Superpower]] - [[wiki/Technological Patriotism|Technological Patriotism]] - [[wiki/Frontier AI|Frontier AI]] - [[wiki/Technological Sovereignty|Technological Sovereignty]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The United States leads the world in superintelligence and will continue to do so safely and responsibly. Americans have never been a nation that retreats from a frontier or shrinks from a challenge, no matter how great or how daunting that challenge may be.” — Donald Trump, United Nations General Assembly, September 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-donald-trump-americans-never-retreat-frontier ```