A memo circulating inside the Trump White House this week paints effective altruism as a fringe, dangerous cult. Axios obtained it. The memo places Dario Amodei, Anthropic's CEO, at the foundation of the movement. This is a direct attack on anyone who takes AI risk seriously. The Trump administration is preemptively delegitimizing concern about advanced AI by bundling it with fringe labeling. Smash the problem statement before anyone listens to it.