President Trump acts like a bull in a China shop, but on the world stage, instead of a China shop. He has no knowledge or sense of history. He operates on the spur of the moment and surrounds himself with unqualified sycophants.
He has cut billions of federal dollars from more than 600 American universities and colleges. In contrast, Canada plans to spend C$1.7 billion the next 12 years to recruit more than a thousand researchers. Recently, Canada hired 64 global scholar researchers. Initially, 48 were from the United States, including such institutions as Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The new research will be funded over the next eight years on projects in fields of health, advanced digital technologies, and the environment.
Robert Asselin, chief executive officer of U15 Canada, said “policy changes in the U.S. left scientists feeling less supported, helping Canada’s effort to attract them.”

Gerry Snyder
Ely/Simsbury Conn.