Nobe Prize winn​er leaves US to direct ​an AI lab in China

[John Clark]

China has been significantly increasing the amount of money it spends on basic scientific research at the same time that Trump,  following a vigorous anti-science policy, has slashed the amount of money the US spends on Science. This has caused a significant brain drain, and unlike past occurrences this brain drain is not in a direction favorable to the US. 

Nobel Prize-winner leaves US to direct an AI lab in China

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[John Clark]

On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 7:09 PM Gregory Jones <sp...@rainier66.com> wrote:

> Presidents don't do budgets. 

It is a FACT that He Who Must Not Ne Named DID propose a budget and it included MASSIVE cuts to science; he also made it nearly impossible for foreign scientists to work in the USA regardless of how brilliant they may be. Here is another fact, neither of those two things will Make America Great Again. 

> Congress does.

Yes the Constitution is very clear about that, only the House Of Representatives can propose a budget, but the Constitution matters very little thanks to our current Supreme Court. HELL, 3 of the justices voted against birthright citizenship! The Constitution is equally clear that only Congress can declare war; BUT they haven't done that since 1941,  and yet the US has been at war with somebody for most of the time since then and 110,000 American soldiers have died in combat AFTER the end of World War II.  

Unfortunately what the Constitution does and does not say matters very little these days.

John K Clark