Trump interacts with AI Theodore Roosevelt at new presidential library in North Dakota

Trump talks to AI Teddy Roosevelt during presidential library visit

President Trump had a little chat with an artificial-intelligence version of one of his predecessors Wednesday while touring the new Theodore Roosevelt Library in North Dakota. "Every day a president faces storms most people never see, but if you keep your nerve and remember the nation comes first, you get through," the AI Teddy Roosevelt said. "I know you know that feeling yourself." Trump responded back: "Well, I appreciate those words, those words are fantastic, and I just want to say it's an honor to be with you today and we are making a little bit of a tour, some of the fantastic things you've done..." During his tour, he also visited the library's other exhibits, including looking at Roosevelt's journals and a gallery of his "Man in the Arena" speech. The president spoke at the Burning Hill Amphitheater after his tour, praising Roosevelt for his life. "He had a freakin' wild life," Trump said. "He didn't want to be quiet. He wanted to be great." "He was an American man through and through, his chest swelled with American optimism, confidence, enthusiasm, pride," he said. "His heart beat with an unyielding sense of America's destiny and pride." Trump also announced that the library was getting $750,000 through the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the library's exhibits during its inaugural year. "So, they're getting a nice check," he said. He noted in his speech that he spoke to the AI Roosevelt, asking him if he considered the Panama Canal to be his greatest achievement. "I said, 'What did you think about the Panama Canal? Do you consider that your greatest achievement? How do you feel about the fact that the Democrats gave the Panama Canal away to Panama for $1?'" he said. Trump said he considered the canal "one of the most amazing" things Roosevelt did. "Maybe a lot...of people would say the parks, you could say a lot of different elements of his success -- incredible -- but he built the Panama Canal," he said. "It was the most expensive project to this date." The trip to the library in Medora was a part of the kickoff celebrations for the country's 250th birthday. Trump rode the so-called Freedom 250 train, decked out in red, white and blue, through the Badlands of North Dakota before touring the library.

'Do you consider Panama Canal your greatest achievement?': Trump asks AI-powered Roosevelt | WATCH

President Donald Trump visited the new Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota, where he held a unique conversation with an AI-powered version of Theodore Roosevelt. During the exchange, Trump asked whether the Panama Canal was Roosevelt's greatest achievement, prompting a historically grounded response from the AI exhibit. The interaction, captured on camera, has gone viral as part of the library's immersive AI experience. The AI Roosevelt also offered leadership advice, telling Trump to "remember the nation comes first," during the historic visit ahead of the library's public opening.

Trump honors 'freakin' wild life' of Teddy Roosevelt, interacts with AI-powered ex-prez in North Dakota visit

MEDORA, ND -- President Trump paid tribute to Theodore Roosevelt as a "great man" while cutting the ribbon to his new presidential library in the Dakota Badlands -- after interacting with an artificial intelligence-powered hologram of his predecessor. "He never stopped, never quit and never surrendered in pursuit of his dreams," Trump said of his fellow New Yorker, who was also born into wealth before dramatically recasting the Republican Party as a trust-busting reformer. "He had a freakin' wild life," Trump said in a largely improvised hour-long speech, as he recounted Roosevelt's rise from a thin, asthma-plagued New Yorker into a "strong as an ox" outdoorsman, war hero and builder of the Panama Canal. Trump regaled a large audience with stories of Roosevelt's life in the North Dakota town between 1884 and 1887, including chasing criminals 300 miles and hunting a grizzly bear, disproving a doctor from his youth who said he would have to isolate himself indoors. "He didn't want to be quiet, he wanted to be great," Trump proclaimed of Roosevelt, who led the nation from 1901-1909. "He summoned the will to transcend tragedy and triumph and defeat heartbreak with hard work," Trump said after briefly riding a train toward the library and then spending about two hours looking at museum exhibits. The library used AI technology to develop a hologram of the former president, who spoke to Trump when he was touring the Oval Office exhibit. The real and AI presidents discussed the Panama Canal, which Trump pines to return the passage to US control. Trump asked if the crucial trade corridor was Roosevelt's proudest accomplishment, to which the long-dead politician gave a lengthy reply, rattling off other feats. Roosevelt made multiple trips to the American West during his life but described his years in Medora as transformative after his wife and mother both died of different causes within hours of each other on Valentine's Day 1884, when Roosevelt was just 25. "In his library, we find his diary open to the page from 1884 when his mother and his wife died on the very same day in the very same house," the president said, referring to the Manhattan townhouse that stood less than a block from the present-day Trump Tower. "He arrived at this town narrow-chested, 140 pounds... He was shattered from the death of these two people that he loved the most, and his body and his spirit were pretty much broken." "Theodore Roosevelt did not surrender to fate," he added. "He came here to Medora and made himself fate's master. That's what people can do if they really believe and they set their mind to it and if they're competent. "He left here two years later, he weighed 40 pounds more, and he was strong as an ox." Trump delivered his remarks outdoors with a backdrop of tough-looking men dressed to resemble the Rough Riders cavalry unit that the late president led in the Spanish-American War, including in the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba in 1898. "Speaking of Cuba, after many, many decades, it's coming our way," Trump added. The troupe of burly uniformed men escorted the presidential motorcade on horseback and later some danced to "Y.M.C.A." alongside Trump after he was finished speaking. Trump championed various aspects of his forerunner's political life. "The first public cause he ever supported was a bill to fix the streets in New York City, he was very New York City and New York centric," Trump said, also praising his efforts to take cronyism out of federal appointments and ensure merit is rewarded in hiring. "Merit, isn't that nice to hear?" Trump said -- with the modern context of his own rollbacks of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies that disfavored white Americans. Roosevelt is the only president to be awarded the Medal of Honor, which he received posthumously in 2001 for leadership of the "Rough Riders" during the Spanish-American War's charge up San Juan Hill in Cuba. Trump loaned to the library the actual medal, which historically resided in the Roosevelt Room of the West Wing. The uncomfortably warm weather resulted in many visitors getting up to leave early. While at the library, Trump took part in several exhibits, including a recording of the famous portion from Theodore Roosevelt's speech Citizenship in a Republic, which starts with: "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena." All the other living presidents also made a recording, the library said, and they can be heard at the "In the Arena" gallery. The library is located in Medora, where much of the surrounding area is home to Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Known for his conservation efforts, Roosevelt placed roughly 230 million acres of land under federal protection, creating national forests, wildlife refuges, national monuments and parks. All living presidents were invited to Wednesday's ceremony but only Trump attended, a spokesperson for the library told The Post. The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library opens to the public on July 4th.

Trump gets 'fantastic' advice from AI-powered Teddy Roosevelt at former president's North Dakota library

President Trump on Wednesday talked with an AI-powered hologram of former President Theodore Roosevelt. "Do you consider the Panama Canal your greatest achievement?" Trump asked the ghostly image at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota. "The canal stands as one of my proudest battles, no question. But greatness is a strange thing," the AI Teddy. "I measure my greatest work by the lives improved, parks set aside, food and drugs made safe, the square deal given to all, not just to a few ...Still, when I stood in the mud, watching those steam shovels, knowing ships would pass through, changing the world's map forever, I felt I'd left a mark that would last," the long-dead former president added. Trump responded, "OK, you did. Thank you." In another interaction, posted by White House aide Margo Martin, AI Teddy offered Trump some words of advice and encouragement. Follow The Post's live coverage of President Trump and national politics for the latest news and analysis "Everyday a president faces storms people never see. Keep your nerve and remember the nation comes first and you get through it. I know you know that feeling yourself," the hologram said. Trump told AI Teddy that he "appreciated" the "fantastic" words. "It's an honor to be with you today," the president added.