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Aug 21, 2026

Nearly 200 MAHA activists urge Trump against coal-powered AI data centers

Almost 200 supporters of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement have sent a letter criticizing President Donald Trump's push to use coal energy to power artificial intelligence data centers, marking a rare public split between the MAHA movement and Trump's energy priorities.

Aug 21, 20263 sources

Top claims

▪President Donald Trump stated that if Trump were a mayor or governor and had a chance to get an AI plant or data center, Trump would absolutely want it because the jobs are enormous and the money paid and taxes paid are just enormous.
▪Zen Honeycutt said the data center push has been an overwhelmingly negative impact on communities and many in the MAHA movement are extremely disappointed about that.
▪The agencies receiving the MAHA activist letter did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

People involved

Donald Trump Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Subtopics

Climate Policy AI compute & environmental impact Energy transition AI data centers

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