Trump's AI-Driven Redesign of All .gov Websites Yields Horrific Results

President Donald Trump's executive order created the National Design Studio (NDS) in August 2025, tasking it with using AI to overhaul all 27,000 government websites within three years under the 'America by Design' initiative. However, the effort has been severely hindered by cuts from DOGE, which dismantled key agencies like the 18F technology unit and restructured the US Digital Service. The small NDS team, operating under a tight deadline, has produced AI-designed websites that are widely criticized as unusable and ugly, failing to meet the promised standards of usability and beauty.