# American AI Leadership Is the Most Important National-Security Priority by Jay Clayton > "The consensus today around that national security issue was [that] being a leader in America in AI is the most important thing for national security." > **— Jay Clayton**, *White House Super Intelligence gathering, September 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording or publication:** [White House Super Intelligence gathering, September 2026](https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/usa-news/much-bigger-than-the-internet-trump-announces-us-to-officially-rename-ai-to-super-intelligence) — The bracketed “that” supplies the conjunction omitted in the spoken sentence without changing its claim. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/Super Intelligence Week Index of Statements from the White House Luncheon|Super Intelligence Week Index of Statements from the White House Luncheon]] — preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument from which this Reminder was promoted. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War|The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Jay Clayton|Jay Clayton]] - [[wiki/AI Superpower|AI Superpower]] - [[wiki/AI Infrastructure|AI Infrastructure]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The consensus today around that national security issue was [that] being a leader in America in AI is the most important thing for national security." — Jay Clayton, White House Super Intelligence gathering, September 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-jay-clayton-american-ai-leadership-most-important-national-security ```