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Trump tries to justify drastic (and wildly unpopular) cuts to medical research

A few weeks later, the underlying subject returned to the fore when Donald Trump sat down with Time magazine, which asked about the administration cutting grants that “funded research into infectious diseases, cancers, Alzheimer’s.” The president replied:

Well maybe we didn’t think they were right. You know, I mean, you look at the people, look at the money that was given away by others. We didn’t get anything out of it.

When Time asked what he’d tell the families and people who are suffering from those diseases, the president suggested his administration is still spending “a lot,” before changing the subject, complaining about Georgia politician Stacey Abrams, talking about his wins in 2024 battleground states and whining about systemic election fraud that didn’t happen in reality. (Trump also proceeded to complain when the magazine’s reporters didn’t go along with his efforts to change the subject.).....

To the extent that the White House cares about public attitudes on the subject, the latest Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll asked respondents whether they support or oppose a variety of elements of the president’s agenda. The survey included eight subject areas, and opponents outnumbered supporters on all eight.

But the single most unpopular idea was the Trump administration’s decision to reduce federal funding for medical research: 77% of Americans were against this, while only 21% supported the move. (Click the link for more information on the poll’s methodology and margin of error.)

Given the nation’s partisan and ideological divisions, it’s rare to see 77% of Americans agree on much of anything, but on this, public attitudes have reached near-consensus levels.

It was against this backdrop that Trump was given an opportunity to present a defense of this part of his unpopular agenda. It didn’t go well.