The NSF still produces groundbreaking discoveries in astronomy.

https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/star-quakes-and-monster-shock-waves

Cutting public funding to pure science research is a profound mistake. It puts us on the edge of technological development and is of national strategic importance.

Fighting endless wars of genocide for zionist Jews is not of national strategic importance. We could be investing those resources into our nation.

Including public education, infrastructure development, and scientific research. A corrupt subversion of the national interest is holding us back from greatness, and the 20th century shows us clearly what we are capable of.