President Trump reluctantly signed an AI executive order after initially canceling it, requiring companies to voluntarily share models 30 days before release. The dramatic White House reversal reveals deep tensions between libertarian tech advocates and officials worried about cyber vulnerabilities—while populists left and right demand far stricter regulation or public ownership of AI companies. Trump initially rejected the executive order because David Sachs and tech executives convinced him it would slow innovation, but Scott Bessent and Susie Wiles pushed back after concerns about cyber vulnerabilities from the Mythos model revelation in April.