NEW: Trump is diverting roughly $200 BILLION in federal research budget away from American universities leading the charge on cancer, climate change, and other scientific breakthroughs in order to fund Big Tech and AI.
The White House has already hammered away at scientific research in the United States by abruptly firing staff at federal science agencies, freezing science grants, and slowing funding for research universities Trump disagrees with.
Now, Michael Kratsios—Trump’s top science adviser—is calling for a reduction in what he refers to as “life sciences” in favor of AI and robotics.
This will impact everything from U.S. cancer research to breakthroughs in agricultural science.
