Even if that was true, and as big a problem as you say it is, realign the incentives. Don't rip the whole thing down and throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Even if that was true, and as big a problem as you say it is, realign the incentives. Don't rip the whole thing down and throw the baby out with the bathwater. Put it like this: if Trump was a Russian agent attempting to destroy America, what actions would he be doing differently to achieve that? Destroying basic scientific research would definitely be step in that direction, right?