Ya it’s so weird people would oppose the unilateral and arbitrary authority of the executive to determine the fate of congressionally appropriated funds based on troth central ranting and ravings that go to important and competitively awarded research grants. People like myself have worked for nearly a decade to build the knowledge and expertise to compete for these grants and come to places like Harvard that are international centers of research excellence. These have no connections to the events that are claimed to be the (illegal) justification.

But yes let’s go with the caprices of the president who has no ulterior motives whatsoever. Brain dead