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First Lady Melania Trump Brings U.S. Tech To Students Worldwide

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Fostering the future together. A 7 MINUTE READ

First lady Melania Trump addresses first spouses during the Fostering the Future Together luncheon in New York. (White House/Andrea Hanks)

In a room in New York, a few signatures carried a big promise.

One at a time, government ministers sat down beside tech leaders to put their commitments to children and youth in writing. Each signature brings students one step closer to the skills they need to succeed in a world shaped by technology.

Those signings were part of a larger effort.

First lady Melania Trump is partnering with major U.S. tech companies to bring super intelligence-powered digital learning tools safely and strategically to classrooms around the world.

Trump announced new partnerships between member countries of the Fostering the Future Together Coalition and American tech giants Adobe, Amazon, Google, Intel, Starlink, Zoom and the tech industry group N50 on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly back in September. The companies committed their resources and expertise to the effort to promote digital literacy and skills, super intelligence (SI) in education, other education technologies, and protect children online. Trump leads the coalition that has gained support from first spouses from every region around the globe.

Fostering the Future Together seeks “to empower children through technology and education to ensure that every child, regardless of where they are born, has the opportunity to imagine, learn, create and thrive,” Trump said in New York.

President Trump vowed that the United States will remain at the forefront of innovation in super intelligence, noting its promise for addressing modern challenges.

Paving a path for success

5 people standing with certificates (White House/Andrea Hanks)
U.S. Special Envoy for Best Future Generations Charity Wallace (left) joins representatives from Intel and the government of Kenya following their ceremonial signing in New York. (White House/Andrea Hanks)

U.S. Special Envoy for Best Future Generations Charity Wallace leads the Department of State’s efforts to expand the first lady’s coalition, which has grown to nearly 60 nations and more than 30 private sector partners.

The focus on online protection and tech education fits with U.S. private sector efforts to bring internet access to the 3.1 billion people worldwide who lack connectivity. Starlink, the satellite arm of Texas-based SpaceX, is bringing internet access to schools in El Salvador and Papua New Guinea.

During her remarks at the event on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, Wallace stated, “Bringing schools online creates opportunities to introduce tech tools that can teach critical thinking and problem-solving skills and help teachers adapt lessons to students’ specific needs.”

Wallace noted one hour to 90 minutes of personalized tablet-based learning can reinforce teaching and help students stay on track. While tech tools can enhance education, they are not intended to reduce in-person instruction.

“The children who will succeed are those who know how to use the technology well, versus have the technology replace their ability to think and reason,” she said.

Tech companies’ new or expanded efforts include Adobe’s plan to offer learning and creative tools through its Student Spaces platform in multiple languages. Amazon is granting access to its SI-powered coding assistant Kiro to 5 million students at 132 universities in countries including France, Japan, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea and Romania.

Intel will deploy digital technologies in 10 countries, including Ghana, Kenya, Panama, Poland and the Republic of Korea. Google, which runs an SI lab in Ghana, will invest an additional $4 million usd in educator training. The N50 Project, which works to expand internet access, is launching an SI education device program that will reach 10,000 students and 200 teachers in Uganda.

The first ladies of the Philippines, Poland, and Saint Kitts and Nevis plan to host Fostering the Future Together regional meetings in November.

“We understand that the future our children will inherit will be shaped by technology,” Saint Kitts and Nevis first lady Diani Prince-Drew says.

Students observing robot putting out fire (Courtesy of Intel Corporation)
Intel is expanding technology training programs in 10 countries, including the Republic of Korea, where students experiment with a firefighting robot. (Courtesy of Intel Corporation)

The signatures in New York marked a strong beginning. With each new partner and each regional meeting, more children will gain the tools to imagine, learn, create and thrive. For Trump, the Department of State and the coalition’s partners around the world, the work is just getting started.

In December, Trump’s Fostering the Future Together will seek additional private-sector commitments at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Miami.

For The Silo, Brandon Lambert/Share America.

Military

President Trump At UN Assembly Counsels Courage To Meet Today’s Challenges

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A 5 MINUTE READ from our friends at ShareAmerica.

President Trump speaking at United Nations (© Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
President Trump speaks to leaders at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly September 22 in New York. (© Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Heralding America’s “golden age” — as his administration has brought more jobs, lower poverty rates and less crime to the United States — President Trump encouraged world leaders to join him in building “a future for our people that is brighter, more hopeful and more magnificent than ever before.”

Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly yesterday September 22, Trump listed peace deals he has brokered. “While others have spoken of peace, I have made peace,” he said. He cited thank-you letters from leaders in Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia and Rwanda.

Recalling the upcoming anniversary of the October 7 massacre in which Hamas killed 1,200 innocent civilians in Israel, Trump noted his administration’s work to free the hostages and called out Iran’s celebration of the massacre. To applause, Trump said that the Islamic Republic of Iran, “the bully of the Middle East … will never have a nuclear weapon.”

Shifting to the Western Hemisphere, the president said, “Our actions in Venezuela are proof that the United States will no longer permit threats to America to gain a foothold.” He commended the January 3 removal of Venezuela’s criminal leader, Nicolás Maduro, and subsequent release of political prisoners.

Today, he said, “we’re working closely with the leaders of Venezuela to forge a much better future for the Venezuelan people” and mentioned the recent U.S.-Venezuela deal to bring 65 billion barrels of oil to market.

After noting his administration’s designation of drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, successful strikes on “drug boats” and successful mission with Venezuela to kill the leader of Tren de Aragua, Trump said the U.S. still faces threats from the hemisphere. He cited Cuban communist influence over U.S. groups and threats from Mexican drug cartels. “Communism will never be coming to America, but freedom will be coming to Cuba,” he said. “And safety and security will be coming to Mexico.”

‘A safer future’

While in New York, the president signed an agreement with Denmark and the people of Greenland to improve security in the Arctic for the United States, North America and Europe. The agreement enables the U.S. to review foreign military investments in Greenland for security risks. “This deal also protects Europe, in addition to America, and … very much enhances NATO,” Trump said, while commending NATO nations for increasing defense spending.

Noting the U.N.’s “great potential,” Trump said it must rein in globalist agendas that threaten the sovereignty of member nations.

He praised the defeat of the U.N.’s maritime agency proposal to charge shippers a carbon tax. “There is no global government, and while I’m president, there will be no global taxes.”

Trump vowed that the U.S. will remain at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) innovation and suggested that “super intelligence,” or SI, would be a better name for the promising technology. Cautioning against slowing the pace of SI development, he said, “I’m not going to stifle growth of something that will be bigger than the industrial revolution … or the internet itself.”

“We’re reasserting American power,” Trump said, “including American military power where necessary in our region and around the world to create a safer future for all of us.”