Last Wednesday, United States President Donald Trump took to the stage at an event called “Winning the AI Race” to lay out his vision for artificial intelligence. The goal of his administration’s AI Action Plan and the executive orders that accompany it, he said, is to achieve American “dominance”—not just of artificial intelligence, but of the future.

The path to dominance, Trump said, is “ to get the entire world running on the backbone of American technology.” Of course, he’s already doing his part. In his speech, Trump bragged about his recent dealmaking trip with tech CEOs to the Middle East. “ When I traveled to the Middle East in May, every leader I met was thrilled to do business with American tech firms and with America. And they were all thrilled to meet me, believe it or not.” he said.

US tech firms no doubt welcome the help. They are pushing countries to not only adopt their technologies but to embed them into the core of their governments and economies. The Trump administration’s plan to use its authority to advance American AI is outlined in the executive order titled “Promoting the Export of the American AI Technology Stack,” one of three that accompanied the AI Action Plan. While the order speaks of “allies,” what Trump appears to want is clients, and “trillions and trillions” of dollars in deals.