The Trump administration's new AI Action Plan champions open-source models as vital for U.S. dominance and countering China, yet offers scant funding and vague 'American values' guidance. While praising open source's role in accelerating innovation, the plan's reliance on an underfunded NAIRR pilot and complex compliance rules creates significant hurdles for developers and startups. This gap between ambitious rhetoric and concrete support raises critical questions about the plan's real-world impact on the open-source AI ecosystem.