“When President Trump told AI moguls pleading for government regulation to take a hike, it was just the latest instance of him positioning himself directly at odds with voter sentiment,” Axios reports.“Trump proved he could win the presidency twice without listening to polls or conventional wisdom. But his defiance on many of the things Americans care about most comes as voters are about to decide an election that could hobble the rest of his presidency.”“Trump the populist now finds himself on the wrong side of public opinion — on AI, the economy and the Iran war. And the worse his poll numbers get, the more he insists people agree with him.”