The emerging rift between Trump's populist base and Silicon Valley AI advocates over the US electrical grid

Summary

Stephen Holmes argues that a fundamental rift is emerging within Donald Trump's political base, centered on the U.S. electrical grid. The article suggests that Trump has attempted to merge a backward-looking populist movement with a Silicon Valley tech vanguard that believes AI will render many ordinary people obsolete. This tension between the populist base and tech-forward AI proponents is creating a deep fissure that runs through energy infrastructure concerns.