In the name fighting ‘woke and diversity’ the Trumpies are slashing science funding.

 The National Science Foundation, which funds much of the fundamental scientific research at American universities, is awarding new grants at the slowest pace in at least 35 years.

The decreases in funding touch virtually every area of science — extending far beyond the diversity programs and other “woke” targets the Trump administration says it wants to cut.

That means less support for early-stage research that underpins advancements — and American competitiveness — in areas such as computer science and engineering, physics and chemistry, climate science and weather forecasting, and materials and manufacturing innovations.

It also means less money for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and early-career professors — potentially disrupting the nation’s future scientific workforce.

Economists have warned that cutting federal funding for scientific research could, in the long run, damage the U.S. economy by an amount equivalent to a major recession.

“These cuts are the height of self-inflicted harm, as American innovation, as well our best scientists, are being lost’. 

All this, so the wealthiest individuals and corporations get trillions in tax breaks and, in this time of drone warfare, Trump is planning a trillion dollar ‘missile shield’, that won’t work against the new, hypersonic missiles.

You don’t damage a country so thoroughly by accident. It has to be his plan.