PANews reported on February 8 that according to US Newsmax and other media, US President Trump told reporters on the 7th that he believed DeepSeek would not pose a threat to national security and that the United States could eventually "benefit" from the startup's artificial intelligence (AI) innovation. Newsmax said that in response to the question of "whether you think DeepSeek poses a threat to national security," Trump told reporters that day, "No." "This is a developing technology... In fact, I think - I think we will benefit from it." He added, "The AI we are talking about will be much cheaper than people initially thought. This is a good thing. I think this is a very good development, not a bad one."