At 21 minutes, Ziblatt says it's not really clear what's driving Trump's animosity to things like NIH funding, there's no ideological vision, etc.
I think it's perfectly clear. Trump is a child bully who's been told he's not perfect, so he wants to get revenge on everyone and destroy everything that he associates with his enemies. He want…
At 21 minutes, Ziblatt says it's not really clear what's driving Trump's animosity to things like NIH funding, there's no ideological vision, etc.
I think it's perfectly clear. Trump is a child bully who's been told he's not perfect, so he wants to get revenge on everyone and destroy everything that he associates with his enemies. He wants to defund NIH because it was Biden's NIH, and also because all those smarty-pants scientists don't respect him. They need to be hurt.
And he now has a team that includes very extreme anti-government ideologues who want to privatize EVERYTHING. He gets to enjoy his thirst for vengeance and just let those other people figure out how to make it happen.
At 21 minutes, Ziblatt says it's not really clear what's driving Trump's animosity to things like NIH funding, there's no ideological vision, etc.
I think it's perfectly clear. Trump is a child bully who's been told he's not perfect, so he wants to get revenge on everyone and destroy everything that he associates with his enemies. He wants to defund NIH because it was Biden's NIH, and also because all those smarty-pants scientists don't respect him. They need to be hurt.
And he now has a team that includes very extreme anti-government ideologues who want to privatize EVERYTHING. He gets to enjoy his thirst for vengeance and just let those other people figure out how to make it happen.
Simple as that.