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Historians and experts compare President Trump's actions against science to tactics used by authoritarian regimes, citing budget cuts, intimidation, and the favoring of applied over basic research.
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- Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump’s Attacks on Science
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- Trump Attacks Science Like Autocrats
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- Historians and experts compare President Trump's actions against science to tactics used by authoritarian regimes, citing budget cuts, intimidation, and the favoring of applied over basic research.
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- William J. Broad
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Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump’s Attacks on Science Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence. Experts see President Trump as borrowing some of their tactics. By William J. Broad Aug. 31, 2025 The war on science began four centuries ago when the Roman Catholic Church outlawed books that reimagined the heavens. Subsequent regimes shot or jailed thousands of scientists. Today, in such places as China and Hungary, a less fearsome type of strongman relies on budget cuts, intimidation and high-tech surveillance to cow scientists into submission. Then there is President Trump, who voters last year decisively returned to the White House. His blitz on science stands out because America’s labs and their discoveries powered the nation’s rise in the last century and now foster its global influence. Just last week, Mr. Trump fired the newly confirmed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Her lawyers said the move...
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Simplified: Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence.
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Simplified: Experts see President Trump borrowing tactics from authoritarians.
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Simplified: Galileo's 1633 trial symbolized the church's hostility to open inquiry.
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Simplified: William J. Broad has a history of science degree and reported on Trump's science plans.
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Simplified: The war on science began four centuries ago with the Roman Catholic Church outlawing books.
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Simplified: Subsequent regimes shot or jailed thousands of scientists.
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Simplified: China and Hungary strongmen use budget cuts intimidation and surveillance to control scientists.
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Simplified: President Trump was decisively returned to the White House last year.
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Simplified: Trump's science blitz stands out because American labs powered the nation's rise.
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Mr. Trump fired the newly confirmed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.0.500Simplified: Mr. Trump fired the CDC director.
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Simplified: Lawyers said the firing spoke to silencing experts and politicizing science.
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Simplified: Mr. Trump laid off scientists ended research projects and proposed spending cuts.
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Simplified: A $44 billion budget cut would prompt the largest drop in federal science support since World War II.
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Simplified: Analysts do not see Mr. Trump as a Stalin or direct analog to strongmen leaders.
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Simplified: Trump's assault on researchers is similar to autocratic regimes' playbook to curb science.
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Simplified: Despots funded science in a lopsided way punishing thinkers and promoting gadget makers.
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Simplified: Experts say Mr. Trump's science policies follow the despots' approach.
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Simplified: Mr. Trump hails Silicon Valley but undermines basic research.
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Simplified: Paul R. Josephson said despots want science with practical results.
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Simplified: Despots are afraid basic knowledge will expose their false claims.
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Simplified: The president's backers deny autocratic moves or ambitions.
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Simplified: Paul Dans said Mr. Trump is a threat to bureaucracy not democracy.
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Simplified: Paul Dans said Mr. Trump has a high regard for science.
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Simplified: The president's target is not science but experts' role in red tape.
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Simplified: Project 2025 called for dismantling the administrative state.
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Simplified: Mr. Trump insists he wants to save science.
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Simplified: His defenders argue he is cutting budgets to restore trust and spark discovery.
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👤 Defenders of the postwar order 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General 🆔 9fc8890d-4b3e-471d-a06f-dbf368c26d58Simplified: Defenders concede federal science management can be improved.
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👤 Defenders of the postwar order 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General 🆔 9fc8890e-445d-451f-b50a-c720ef1fb52aSimplified: The Trumpian cure is worse than any disease.
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👤 Defenders of the postwar order 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General 🆔 9fc8890f-459b-4232-8cf1-853ca43c93d7Simplified: They dismiss Trump's moves as pretexts for repressive tactics.
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Simplified: Thomas M. Countryman said Trump did not invent this playbook.
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Simplified: The playbook depends on squelching independent centers of thought.
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Simplified: Analysts say authoritarians fear science because its feats can rival their public trust.
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Simplified: Daniel Treisman said science is a source of social power.
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Simplified: Science always poses a potential threat.
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Simplified: Mr. Trump has long scorned experts and prefers common sense.
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Simplified: Mr. Trump said experts are terrible at a 2016 rally.
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Simplified: Analysts agree Trump's actions could affect America's role in scientific discovery.
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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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Simplified: In 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus showed Earth and planets revolve around the sun.
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Simplified: In 1600 Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for heliocentric theory.
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To fight the heresy, the church in 1616 put the Copernican tract on its list of prohibited books.0.500Simplified: In 1616 the church put the Copernican tract on its list of prohibited books.
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Simplified: In 1632 Galileo published his work backing Copernicus.