Yeah. There's also enormous damage being done to academia and universities through other levers too (endowment tax, student loans, Medicaid reimbursements). I'd say we're more likely to reach 2028 with a recognizable NIH than we are with recognizable higher ed/academic med centers

No faith in them.

Yeh they'll be all "we must work across the aisle to restore democracy" and then a few years later we'll be right back where we are now.

Yup.