A global race to recruit US researchers and doctors is heating up as President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to science funding and federal agencies disrupt the country’s research landscape.
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We’re living through Reverse Operation Paperclip:
Scientists fleeing an increasingly hostile U.S. are being wooed by countries that still fund research.
Brain drain isn't coming — it's here.
And America’s ruling class doesn’t even care.
Many countries are planning major budget increases in 2026 to fund science and research. Scientists are very respected and loved in so many countries of the world.
FQHCs (government funded indigent healthcare centers) are poised to be the big losers. If you think you have to wait long in an ER for care, you have no idea what is coming next.
Medicaid pays for custodial care (nursing homes for people with no money), NOT Medicare. These elderly people will be homeless. Yes, America, you are a disaster is in the making, but Bezos and Musk will pay less in taxes….whew.
Trump regime is gutting the NIH and agencies - cornerstones of our R & D structure - our best & brightest are losing funding/jobs/careers - they're being cast aside... Trump is
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Scientists fleeing an increasingly hostile U.S. are being wooed by countries that still fund research.
Brain drain isn't coming — it's here.
And America’s ruling class doesn’t even care.
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