Suppose there is a misallocation of funds. Congress passed a spending bill instructing research agencies to distribute funds to researchers. Academics applied

Suppose there is a misallocation of funds. Congress passed a spending bill instructing research agencies to distribute funds to researchers. Academics applied for funding through these agencies and had their grants approved by experts within these agencies. This is generally a highly competitive process, with most grant applications being rejected. Then Trump shows up, issues an unclear order with the seeming intention of rooting out DEI-related stuff, and shuts down everything in a way that creates absolute chaos and uncertainty for everybody. Surely this is not the appropriate way of addressing misallocated spend. Even if "industry will pay for it instead" were true, it obviously isn't the case that industry will replace the lost funding this month so that grad students can get paid and make rent.