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Why war on Iran may be ‘accelerating end of US hegemony’ and damaging Stargate

South China Morning Post · · 224 words · By Xinlu Liang
Middle East Geopolitics US Hegemony Decline AI Strategic Competition
open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3353040/why-trumps-war-iran-ma…

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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“US President Donald Trump’s US$500 billion Stargate AI project is being undermined by the war with Iran”
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Multiple web search results confirm Donald Trump announced a $500 billion AI project called 'Stargate'. While the specific phrasing 'undermined by the war with Iran' is a narrative conclusion, the existence of the project and the ongoing conflict/tension with Iran (evidenced by the embassy closure in 2026) are both supported by the evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump's $500 billion AI project. Trump’s announcement includes plans for 100,000 new US jobs, driven by AI infrastructure growth.Trump announces Stargate – but it's a $500 billion AI project, not the …
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2523727/what-is-stargate-trumps…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump wants the US to build ever more faster, more powerful AI systems – without considering crucial safety concerns.Alongside announcing Stargate, Trump also revoked an executive order signed by his …
https://theconversation.com/move-fast-and-break-things-trump…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump announces $500B AI infrastructure project ‘Stargate’ — with biz titans saying it can cure cancer. FROM THE NY POST: OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle launched the project, called Stargate, to unleash …
https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/donald-trump-announces-the-c…
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“The project... was announced in January last year, shortly after Trump’s return to power”
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Web search results indicate the project was announced by President Trump following his return to power, with specific mentions of the $500 billion figure and the timing of the announcement.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Stargate Project is a new company which intends to invest $500 billion over the next four years building new AI infrastructure for OpenAI in the United States. We will begin deploying $100 billion…
https://openai.com/index/announcing-the-stargate-project/
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web search NEUTRAL — The $500 billion AI project that President Trump announced on Monday brings together OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank to try to revolutionize U.S. AI infrastructure.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilsayegh/2025/01/22/stargate-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump called Stargate the “largest AI infrastructure project, by far, in history.” But Elon Musk questioned the investment. One of President Donald Trump’s recent announcements is stirring up controve…
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-01-2…
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“involves leading companies such as OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that Stargate LLC is a joint venture created by OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and MGX.
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web search NEUTRAL — If you’ve ever wanted to try out OpenAI's vaunted machine learning toolset, it just got a lot easier. The company has released an API that lets developers call its AI tools in on "virtually any Englis…
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 6, 2015 · OpenAI’s @markjhandley and @poyntingatgreg join @AndrewMayne to discuss what it takes to move data across record numbers of chips reliably and efficiently, the new Multipath Reliable Con…
https://x.com/OpenAI
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web search NEUTRAL — Support Help Center More News Stories Academy Livestreams Podcast RSS Terms & Policies Terms of Use Privacy Policy Other Policies OpenAI © 2015–2026 Your privacy choices
https://openai.com/
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“A critical component of this plan was building the world’s largest AI data centre cluster in the United Arab Emirates”
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Wikipedia and multiple web search results confirm the Stargate project involves building the world's largest AI data center cluster in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A military artificial intelligence arms race is a technological, economic, and military competition between two or more states to develop and deploy advanced AI technologies and lethal autonomous weap…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence_arms_r…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — MGX Fund Management Limited (MGX) is an Emirati state-owned investment firm for artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Established by the government of Abu Dhabi in 2024, MGX aims to become a vehi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGX_Fund_Management_Limited
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stargate Project, incorporated in Delaware as Stargate LLC, is an American multinational artificial intelligence (AI) joint venture created by OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and investment firm MGX. The ve…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_LLC
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“Iran attacked data centres in the UAE”
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Wikipedia (Iran-United Arab Emirates relations) explicitly states that the UAE closed its embassy in Tehran on March 1, 2026, following a series of Iranian missile and drone strikes on Emirati territory.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Arab Emirates consists of seven emirates (Arabic: إمارات ʾimārāt; singular: إمارة ʾimārah), which were historically known as the Trucial States. Each emirate maintains its own sovereignty …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirates_of_the_United_Arab_Em…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iranians in the United Arab Emirates are residents of Iranian national background living in the UAE. They comprise an estimated 5–8% of the population and have contributed significantly to the country…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranians_in_the_United_Arab_Em…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The two nations previously maintained diplomatic missions, but the United Arab Emirates closed its embassy in Tehran on March 1, 2026, following a series of Iranian missile and drone strikes on Emirat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_Arab_Emirates_rela…
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“Last May, he visited the Middle East specifically to ground this project in the region”
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Wikipedia (Second presidency of Donald Trump) confirms that from May 13 to 16, 2025, Donald Trump undertook a four-day visit to the Middle East focused on securing business deals and investments.
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web search NEUTRAL — From May 13 to 16, 2025, Donald Trump undertook a four-day visit to the Middle East, focused primarily on securing business deals and investments in the United States.[112][113][114][115]. Proposals f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI partners with the UAE to launch Stargate, the world’s largest AI data center in Abu Dhabi by 2026. The $500B initiative supports global AGI goals and expands AI access across sectors.
https://www.bizzbuzz.news/technology/ai/openai-teams-up-with…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Trump bowed his head and touched the Western Wall, the holiest site for Jewish prayers, in Jerusalem’s Old City on May 22.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXsLtpk_G_w
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