Trump Says ‘You’re Fired’ to the Members of the National Science Board

President Trump’s recent firing of all 24 members of the National Science Board (NSB), the presidentially appointed body that sets the strategic direction of National Science Foundation (NSF) and oversees its roughly $9 billion annual budget, is an excellent and targeted way to restrain the agency’s excessive bureaucracy. It is precisely the kind of clean reset needed to reclaim NSF from decades of ideological capture and restore its original mission of funding science on merit alone.

This action severs the self-perpetuating administrative layer that has steered the agency away from its original mission. It’s an important move against woke science and in the direction of prioritizing discovery over dogma.

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Andrew Follett

Andrew Follett conducts research analysis for a nonprofit in the Washington, D.C., area. He previously worked as a space and science reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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President Trump’s recent firing of all 24 members of the National Science Board (NSB), the presidentially appointed body that sets the strategic direction of National Science Foundation (NSF) and oversees its roughly $9 billion annual budget, is an excellent and targeted way to restrain the agency’s excessive bureaucracy. It is precisely the kind of clean reset needed to reclaim NSF from decades of ideological capture and restore its original mission of funding science on merit alone.

This action severs the self-perpetuating administrative layer that has steered the agency away from its original mission. It’s an important move against woke science and in the direction of prioritizing discovery over dogma.

About the Author

Andrew Follett

Andrew Follett conducts research analysis for a nonprofit in the Washington, D.C., area. He previously worked as a space and science reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation.