White House report says Trump can usher in a "new golden age" of science

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/white-house-report-says-trump-can-usher-in-a-new-golden-age-of-science/

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disorderly@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 11d (1 reply)

Are we expected to simply forget that he was in charge during the COVID-19 outbreak and seized medical equipment / PPE for resale, told people to inject bleach and take random drugs, and deliberately allowed the disease to spread in areas that vote blue?

Trump respects science as much as I respect him.

a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 11d

There are memes in right wing circles about "admitting that we were right all along," usually accompanied by a pretty smug look.

There are a significant number of people who just want to pretend that none of the deaths happened.

thehowlingnorth@lemmy.ca · 30 pts · 11d (1 reply)

With exciting new fields like phrenology and race science!

/s

crazycraw@crazypeople.online · 7 pts · 11d

if we only went backward to phrenology... can you imagine all the fatty puss filled beta shitbag regions we'd have suspected was "his problem" after dissection. I can't even imagine actual peanut butter and gravy just spewing out of his "area for well manners".

i certainly can't picture them examining his "morality tissue area" and finding like a worm with a cigarette in its mouth.

Who fucking knows but man that'd have been a good gig. Just scooping parts of bullshit right out.

lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 11d (1 reply)

Eat gravel and die you confused old shit

Murse@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 11d

confused

He's doing this shit on purpose. He isn't just blundering his way through a terrible presidency, he's intentionally damaging the US in every way he possibly can. This is way beyond just confusion.

He is a domestic enemy of the US and our constitution.

ButtermilkBiscuit@feddit.nl · 15 pts · 11d (1 reply)

Trump can't usher in shit. Dude started a war with Iran and gas costs $4 a gallon. He's a complete failure, a pedophile, and a con. He won't usher in shit except a forever war and maybe the next great depression.

Murse@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 11d

Trump can't usher in shit.

To the contrary, that's the only thing he'll usher in.

Treczoks@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 11d

What science? Climate change denial? Anti-vaxxing? Grift optimisation? How to evade the law by being rich? Tax evasion studies? How not to pay your contractors? Studies on adolescent sexuallity?

MushuChupacabra@piefed.world · 13 pts · 11d (1 reply)

When the regime falls, an embarrassingly significant amount of funds will be needed to pull all that tacky gold crap off the walls.

And fix the reflecting pool.

And restore the east wing.

And fix the reflecting pool.

And thats just some of the physical things that Trump vandalized.

WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 11d

Ugh, and that eye-sore of a reflecting pool.

Nouvellalia@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 11d

They mean "golden age" in the piss on it sense.

AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 11d

How many of those problems and grievances were caused by him?

blattrules@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 11d

Maybe this is meant to be taken a lot more literally and Trump is just going to force all science to be alchemy now? Because it’s definitely not going to be the common meaning of a “golden age” based on everything he’s been doing.

inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 11d

Can't wait for the United States of America to become the world leader in ivermectin research.

PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 11d

...by leaving office

Bwaz@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 11d

Uh huh. Clorox cure for deadly disease. Vacuuming forests to prevent wildfires. Climate change is "a hoax". Just redefining what science is supposed to mean.

adarza@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 11d

as in he's gonna piss all over everything?

JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 11d

Well, i mean yeah. China is taking the lead on several fronts these days.

FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 11d

He drove all the good scientists away

blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 11d

Bring back trepanning

abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 11d

Trump's relationship to Science is that akin to a Flat Earther: "If it confirms what I believe, it's true, otherwise, it's not."

Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 11d

The "let's nuke a hurricane" guy thinks he knows science? Hilarious.

DrPop@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 11d

Cuts all funding for science without any oversight, then claims that we will have a Golden Age.

sbbq@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 11d

Can, but absolutely won't

steveLeo@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 11d

The “stable genius” brigade

MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk · 1 pts · 11d

Just need the dark ages to really set in, then it's easy to usher in a golden age.

TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 11d

-spittake-

-wipes coffee off monitor-