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The irony is that in their supposed effort to "Make America Great Again" they're going to end up accelerating China's rise. We may have decided that basic research is no longer something we want to do, but China's going to continue to forge ahead and leave us in the dust. All thanks to people who have no understanding of how anything works, but only want to tear things down that they don't understand.

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tbh I don't know if many senior leaders in the admin that actually think these policies are going to make anything better. It just seems like a mass looting project. Lutnick, for example, is definitely a wall street insider and is under no illusions that any of these policies benefit the nation.

If you look at the agenda it's all cultural wars stuff (smoke screens) and wealth transfer to the rich.

They understand this, most educated people understand this, it's just his base that is in the dark.

It is only ironic if you believe they were speaking in good faith to begin with

Enough people believed it and voted for it such that they won the election.

And many more people were completely fine with the status quo ante, so they abstained from voting entirely.

No this is what most of their supporters genuinely believe. They think people working in a factory generate more real economic value than people working in offices.

Yep. There are strong Cultural Revolution vibes coming from that direction.

That would explain the initiative to create a list of people on the spectrum.

"Emmanuel Macron says Donald Trump’s academic crackdown threatens US" - https://www.ft.com/content/923d396f-e852-4744-927a-282cec116...

Yes, reduce, even end government research.

Having looked at the list, I feel you’re gonna be fine

> NSF Grant Terminations 2025

> https://airtable.com/appGKlSVeXniQZkFC/shrFxbl1YTqb3AyOO

The terminations so far focus on anything with any mention of a DEI related objective and that may seem "fine", but these don't constitute a lot of the NSF's budget (the terminated grants total < $1 billion and if you click through them you'll see that for many, that's 5 years of funding). The planned cuts are much deeper[1], DEI is just not where the "big bucks" are.

[1] https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal...

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