Amodei critics target Trump with hit piece before White House dinner

AxiosSeptember 27, 2026en

Opponents of Anthropic's Dario Amodei are circulating a highly negative brief about him to the White House ahead of an important dinner with President Trump , per an Axios review of the document. Why it matters: No company wants to be on Trump's bad side — and a Sunday night dinner between the president and Amodei could be what thaws relations after a year of tension. Behind the scenes: The brief, which is not an internal White House document, casts Amodei as having "a long record of attacking Trump" and having "deep Democratic ties." It notes the company's falling out earlier this year with the Pentagon as a "clear example of Dario showing he doesn't trust President Trump." The brief is int

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