Thank you very much. Tony has been a friend of mine for a long time. He's a great guy. I want to thank Tony Robbins and thank you all for being here in one of the most revolutionary product launches of all time. It's the ultimate product. It's called America. What do you think about it?
With America.gov, the federal government no longer stands in your way, and it stands only at your service. That's what we are doing. We are simplifying it, glamorizing it, making it what it should be.
I want to thank the mastermind who had the incredible breakthroughs that we've just seen, Airbnb cofounder and Chief Design Officer of the United States of America, Joe Gebbia.
A special thanks to Chief Brand Architect of the United States, Pete or Nell — I've known Pete for a long time. I knew Peter in the old days when he was slightly heavier. Like about 250 pounds, no one is going to believe that. Check it out. I like him both ways.
(laughter) His doctor likes him better this way. He's a great guy, very talented guy. The lead engineer. Also, Ed. Thank you.
And the entire team at the National Design Studio. We have a design studio that did not exist and it's a big factor in our country. People are talking about it. Having to do with many other things as well. These incredible patriots could be making millions and millions of dollars. Actually they did make millions of dollars. And they decided not to make anymore.
Let's go here, we want to put our government ahead. They are working 20-hour days in government on behalf of our country and we salute them. They are among the most successful people at what they do. They all gave it up to come here.
You got me for nothing, too. I don't take a salary. Can you believe no other president... They think no other president has ever served without receiving their salary. They think George Washington, who was actually a very wealthy man, they think George Washington did not get a salary but they're not sure about that.
They are smart. They take their salary. I decided not to, including in my first term. Do I get thanks for that? None.
But I also have to thank the man who initially envisioned the transformation of government through technology and brought us the talent to get the job done. Elon Musk. He is coming up in a little while.
I'm pleased to be joined by many members of my cabinet. Where is Dena, is she here? Stand up.
I have an extra little flyer and something special. She was with me for the whole time. She saw some nasty people.
This room is amazing actually. We are launching today something that is really not just something simply a website. It's a restoration of America's promise and a reinvention for the 21st century and beyond.
The Declaration of Independence proclaimed that America's government exists to serve American citizens. For too long, the experience of our citizens has been the exact opposite.
Washington bureaucracies have grown ever larger and more intrusive and armies of federal bureaucrats have behaved as if your job is to answer to them, not to government in the much more practical and smaller form. They did it the other way around and they are not supposed to have done that.
All of that change is starting right now. The government has been broken for many decades. You could say probably centuries. We don't go back that long, but decades we know. The Trump administration is fixing it. We started this project on day one.
We started almost on day one and we get this complex subject matter made simple. And also made beautiful. We are making it easier and faster and can be need to get what you need. When you need it, and for our entire lives.
It makes the citizen feel very small that government is so big. When America.gov, the entire US government will fit in the plan. It's held in the palm of your hand. A simple plan that sits in the palm of your hand.
Instead of forcing citizens to search through the endless maze of tens of thousands of government websites and rules and more than 10,000 forms — you have over 10,000 forms to do basic acts — you will have one front door for every single question.
There will be additional help built around your time and your life will save hours, many hours, perhaps hundreds of hours a year depending on how much of that type of information you need. Simply ask for what you need and America.gov will provide answers and it will be provided immediately.
Anyone that used ChatGPT will understand how to use America.gov. It's not complicated.
As Secretary Rubio, who is doing a fantastic job, will demonstrate, getting a passport once required appointments, paperwork and months of waiting. Now it is done in a few simple places.
A woman wanted to change her name had to navigate a stressful bureaucratic process to complete. Soon all she would have to do is ask America.gov and it will fill out the forms, track the progress, and send her a new Social Security card, passport, and insurance card in the mail.
Whether you are a scout leader who wants to reserve a campsite at a national park, a senior citizen trying to choose a Medicare program, or trying to get the benefits that you've earned and so justly deserved, America.gov will be there to help you accurately and quickly.
With this, no one can any longer complain about providing proof of citizenship or voter ID. They always say it's too complicated. It's not complicated anymore.
They will come up with some other reason, because they don't want to have it be easy. It is easy because they can get everything now that you need in just one simple swipe.
It takes the number one excuse away from them in the Save America Act. Americans spend over 10 billion hours per year on government paperwork. We are giving those 10 billion hours back to the American people.
All the time they spend under the Trump administration, we believe that your time matters and we believe that your goals matter. We believe the United States of America should have the ultimate citizen experience of any country and we will be better than some countries do this in a much less form. We will do this then — we will be better than any country from day one. Starting immediately.
This took a while to bring it to a point where it's so good. America.gov is a declaration to the world that every citizen of our nation will be treated with respect and dignity. They will not be shut out by work that maybe doesn't exist or paperwork that's so complex that no one can figure it out.
For decades Washington has paid enormous sums of taxpayer money through federal contractors that fail in comparison to what you are used to in the private sector and is seriously compared to what we've built. We've built the finest anywhere in the world. There's nothing like it.
We have serious high-tech people. They looked at this over the last couple of days and they can't believe it. They say this is one of the most incredible things that your government has done. I don't think so, I think it is damn good.
Someone said, this is going to be the single biggest thing you've done in government. I don't think so, but it's damn good. It's just another thing.
(applause) Sir, there's no question. This will be the biggest thing... If it's the biggest thing I've ever done then I've done a shady job as president. But it is damn good.
Government is offering an experience that matches and in some ways even exceeds the state of the art.
They've used a brand-new technology that's absolutely brand-new, it's amazing. People don't even have access to it, for the most part. To ensure your personal information is not collected or stored and your conversation disappears when you leave, and everything stays totally private.
When they figure a way to hack into it, we will end it. They always figure a way. When you have 197 IQ looking to do things that they're not supposed to. We think it might not happen.
This innovation is just a preview of what's possible with super intelligence or SI, because when you say artificial intelligence, it is artificial. This is extreme intelligence. It's superior intelligence.
It is supreme also intelligence. But the word super is the best word of all and it's as simple... We are going to name it as SI. It's not artificial, it's very powerful and brilliant. It's going to mostly be put to great use and will stop bad use.
But we are changing the name to super intelligence. So far, everyone likes it. Artificial intelligence is like the news. Fake news. The word artificial. I could call them artificial.
(applause) I think I found a new name. I'm going to... Forget about fake news. That's one of my great terms but I'm going to call them artificial news. I like that. The artificial news.
Look at all that price. There's some back there that's fabulous. Like about two. (laughter)
This is one more example of why I will never restrict the growth of technology that will be bigger than the Industrial Revolution. SI, super intelligence, they are saying bigger than the Industrial Revolution.
And we see it and we cannot stifle and we are leading by a lot. And we don't want to mix it up too much either.
Someone said let's do a joint venture. But if we do that we will give a lot of secrets that we have that they would want to have or anyone else. Frankly, there's no one in third place. It's all between us and China.
President Xi was here and we talked about it. We are leading. So why would I want to do anything. A lot of people said, let's do it together but then they will be able to gain access to things we know that they don't know. We do work with them in so many ways.
Whoever wins super intelligence wins. You will have a winner and a loser. You're probably not going to have second place. You will have a winner or a loser.
We are leading now over China and everyone else and I want to keep it that way. The only way to keep it that way is to do exactly what we are doing right now. We don't want to stable growth. At the same time we want people to behave honestly.
That's why we have the DOJ, the FBI, that's why we have forms of government that are very effective. If people decide to go down a dark and dangerous path.
As Joe Gebbia has said, the first part of America.gov is available today but it's not the end, it's only the beginning. It's an incredible transformation. This is an incredible thing for our country.
As great as the product is right now, it will only get better. It's going to evolve and it will get better in the weeks and months ahead. And I think very substantially by leaps and bounds.
That's why in just a moment I will sign a historic executive order directing every federal government agency to make all of the public-facing services integrate directly with America.gov as soon as possible.
All of this interface will go right into our great billion — brilliant, super mind. That mind will be able to handle it all easily and dispense it very easily.
Our goal is that anything you might need from the United States government will be accessible at your fingertips and very quickly at your command. All this is a day... And you will think of it this way, I think. A lot of people will. This is a day all Americans will be extremely proud of your country. This is a big thing.
This is a very important thing. It's going to save you. I'm going to save you a lot of accuracy from making a lot of mistakes as you do.
It's not even your fault. Some of it so bad, so cumbersome, so unavailable that you are forced to make mistakes and sometimes you get in trouble because you make those mistakes.
They should try and do it.
For years everyone has recognized that the old system of big government bureaucracy is failing and outdated and with today's order and the launch of America.gov, that system is finally passing away.
It is dead. Just like two years ago our country was dead. Now we have the hottest country anywhere in the world. That was said to me by numerous leaders. Two years ago, your country was dead. Now you have the hottest country anywhere in the world. That's exactly true.
Iran will not have a nuclear weapon and they are failing very badly. It will be over with very soon.
They will not have a nuclear weapon and oil prices are going to be tumbling down just like everything we do.
We are reasserting America's identity as a nation that works, builds, solves problems, seizes opportunities, and uses the next great inventions to fix what is broken.
Americans believe in excellence and constant improvement. We have to constantly improve. If we don't improve, everyone is going to catch us because they will improve.
We do not surrender to fears about what technologies will do to us. We decide that those technologies will do for us incredible things, especially in the field of medical.
Things are happening in the medical world that are incredible.
We never retreat from a frontier, we never shrink from a challenge. We push forward and build a world that is bigger, better, faster and smarter than it has ever been before. Just as the founders did two and a half years ago, we carry our flag across the next horizon and declare that we are Americans and the future belongs to us.
I want to thank you, God bless you all and I will now sign the executive order. Thank you very much everyone.
I think the cabinet will be coming up. Our great cabinet. Marco is coming.
Thank you. Are you ready?
Where is Joe? We can pass these out.
Thank you very much.
