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Trump’s crusade against science: NASA cuts, anti-vaccine agenda, and education purge threaten a new Dark Age
During his first term, Donald Trump’s skepticism toward
science was well known, marked by his rejection of climate change concerns and
vaccine advocacy — a stance that intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic,
which severely impacted the United States. Now, at the outset of his second
term, Trump’s anti-science approach has escalated further, evolving into what
some describe as a full-scale crusade against educational institutions,
scientific research, and even NASA.
20 March 2025, 03:23 PM