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If analysts differ on the reasons for Mr. Trump’s attacks on science, they agree that his actions could affect America’s longstanding role as the world leader in scientific discovery — either strength... 0.500

👤 Analysts 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Analysts agree Trump's actions could affect America's role in scientific discovery.

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The lead times for science projects can run to years and decades, so the practical impacts of Mr. Trump’s actions will most likely become clear only after he leaves office. 0.500

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Simplified: Science projects have long lead times so Trump's actions will be clear after he leaves office.

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“The experts are terrible,” he told the crowd at a 2016 rally in La Crosse, Wis. 0.500

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Simplified: Mr. Trump said experts are terrible at a 2016 rally.

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Threatened or not, Mr. Trump has long scorned experts as overrated and has stated that he prefers to rely on common sense and gut instincts. 0.500

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Simplified: Mr. Trump has long scorned experts and prefers common sense.

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“Science is a source of social power,” said Daniel Treisman, a political scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles. 0.500

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Simplified: Daniel Treisman said science is a source of social power.

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“It always poses a potential threat.” 0.500

👤 Daniel Treisman 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Science always poses a potential threat.

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Analysts say authoritarians and their students fear science in part because its feats — unlocking the universe, ending plagues, saving millions of lives — can form bonds of public trust that rival or... 0.500

👤 Analysts 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Analysts say authoritarians fear science because its feats can rival their public trust.

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“Trump did not invent this playbook,” said Thomas M. Countryman, a career diplomat for 36 years who served as assistant secretary of state for international security in the Obama administration. 0.500

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Simplified: Thomas M. Countryman said Trump did not invent this playbook.

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“It depends on the squelching of all independent centers of thought, and that includes universities, law firms and scientists.” 0.500

👤 Thomas M. Countryman 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: The playbook depends on squelching independent centers of thought.

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They dismiss his recent moves and pronouncements as little more than pretexts for what they see as repressive tactics inspired by contemporary autocrats. 0.500

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Simplified: They dismiss Trump's moves as pretexts for repressive tactics.

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Defenders of the postwar order concede that federal science management can be improved. 0.500

👤 Defenders of the postwar order 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Defenders concede federal science management can be improved.

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But the Trumpian cure is, they add, far worse than any disease. 0.500

👤 Defenders of the postwar order 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: The Trumpian cure is worse than any disease.

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His defenders argue that he is cutting bloated budgets to restore public trust in science and spark a golden age of discovery. 0.500

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Simplified: His defenders argue he is cutting budgets to restore trust and spark discovery.

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Mr. Trump himself insists that, overall, he wants to save science. 0.500

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Simplified: Mr. Trump insists he wants to save science.

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They note that Project 2025 called for the dismantling of the administrative state. 0.500

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Simplified: Project 2025 called for dismantling the administrative state.

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The ultimate target, according to the president and his supporters, is not science but rather the role experts play in generating the red tape that hobbles the nation’s economy and, they say, the rese... 0.500

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Simplified: The president's target is not science but experts' role in red tape.

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Mr. Trump “is a threat to bureaucracy, not democracy,” said Paul Dans, the architect of Project 2025, the right-wing blueprint for Mr. Trump’s presidency. 0.500

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Simplified: Paul Dans said Mr. Trump is a threat to bureaucracy not democracy.

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“He has an extremely high regard for science.” 0.500

👤 Paul Dans 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Paul Dans said Mr. Trump has a high regard for science.

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The president’s backers deny any suggestion that he engages in autocratic moves or has autocratic ambitions. 0.500

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Simplified: The president's backers deny autocratic moves or ambitions.

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“Despots want science that has practical results,” said Paul R. Josephson, an emeritus professor of history at Colby College and author of a book on totalitarian science. 0.500

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Simplified: Paul R. Josephson said despots want science with practical results.

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