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 Presidential 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 version of 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 Hills Amphitheatre 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.

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